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I'm saddened because the only thing holding me back from using Linux full time at work is the lack of a good calendar and e-mail application. Of course thunder

I'm saddened because the only thing holding me back from using Linux full time at work is the lack of a good calendar and e-mail application. Of course thunderbird is insufficient for me who rely on Microsoft Exchange at work but it could still be a contender to Evolution given the right development focus. Evolution, the number one alternative I know of today, has had shaky EWS support from day one and in Fedora 23 on my personal laptop it's still not fully resolved. Also I find its calendar option quite hideous actually, it tries to mimic Outlook but that's not a good thing imho. The best calendar I've used is Calendar.app on Mac OS. Of course you can't blame anyone but us, the community. The one EWS plugin for Thunderbird is pay-2-play and the one for Evolution is the one having all the issues. So either Microsoft is hard to develop for or demand isn't high enough.

newscracker 11y ago
Have you checked out Exchange EWS Provider [1], currently maintained by Ericsson? This has been around for a few years [2], and when the developer could no longer spend time on it, Ericsson took it over. The extension is not perfect, but you can get some stuff done. Another alternative is the DavMail gateway [3], which runs as a separate (Java) program that sits between your Exchange server and Thunderbird. [I haven't used this one for years ever since the Exchange EWS provider became available] [1]: https://github.com/Ericsson/exchangecalendar https://github.com/Ericsson/exchangecalendar [2]: http://www.1st-setup.nl/wordpress/poducten/exchange-ews-calendar-and-tasks-add-on-for-thunderbird-lightning/ http://www.1st-setup.nl/wordpress/poducten/exchange-ews-cale... [3]: http://davmail.sourceforge.net http://davmail.sourceforge.net
- waz0wski 11y ago
  I'm using [1] against exch2013 without any major issues. Make sure your exchange environment autodiscover is properly configured, and ensure you have IMAP available (for thunderbird mail) and the setup will go smoothly.

newscracker 11y ago

Have you checked out Exchange EWS Provider [1], currently maintained by Ericsson? This has been around for a few years [2], and when the developer could no longer spend time on it, Ericsson took it over. The extension is not perfect, but you can get some stuff done. Another alternative is the DavMail gateway [3], which runs as a separate (Java) program that sits between your Exchange server and Thunderbird. [I haven't used this one for years ever since the Exchange EWS provider became available] [1]: https://github.com/Ericsson/exchangecalendar https://github.com/Ericsson/exchangecalendar [2]: http://www.1st-setup.nl/wordpress/poducten/exchange-ews-calendar-and-tasks-add-on-for-thunderbird-lightning/ http://www.1st-setup.nl/wordpress/poducten/exchange-ews-cale... [3]: http://davmail.sourceforge.net http://davmail.sourceforge.net

waz0wski 11y ago
I'm using [1] against exch2013 without any major issues. Make sure your exchange environment autodiscover is properly configured, and ensure you have IMAP available (for thunderbird mail) and the setup will go smoothly.