From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 19 2: 3:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from spits.calcasieu.com (mx1.calcasieu.com [209.99.46.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AFA1151B1 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 02:03:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dread@calcasieu.com) Received: from coypu.austin.calcasieu.com (coypu [192.168.170.33]) by spits.calcasieu.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id EAA00472; Wed, 19 Jan 2000 04:03:33 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dread@calcasieu.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3.1 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <002b01bf6259$40b972d0$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 04:03:33 -0600 (CST) Organization: Calcasieu Lumber From: Don Read To: James A Wilde Subject: Re: M$ Exchange Server Support Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Windsor Match Plate and Tool Ltd." Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 19-Jan-00 James A Wilde wrote: > What's the problem with using tasks? Tasks, as far as I can see, is a > client function contained in Outlook, and nothing to do with the server. I > can find no reference in the Exchange Server help file or Books Online > referring to tasks as a server-based function. > MAPI object-ifys everything. a email is a object, an attachment is a object, a task is a object, even the login credentials is an object. The the client _and_ the server has to have knowledge of the structure of all these object classes to store and load; normally thru a common 'mapi.dll', but the boys from Redmond have been know to break it now and again. While you can manage your personal tasks with just the Outlook client, some of the more advanced group scheduling, global address lists, etc requires the MS-Mail / Exchange server /* opinion of a recovering MAPI developer; OALA,EGO */ As Microsoft's documentation on extended-MAPI is useless (I suspect they make it up as they go along), a sane programmer should cower under the desk and wimper at the thought of anything to do with it. Regards, -- Don Read dread@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX -- No Coffee No Peace. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message