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Exchange support is probably ridiculously hard because I can’t imagine there’s all that many open source implementations for it. Matrix support is probably a t

Exchange support is probably ridiculously hard because I can’t imagine there’s all that many open source implementations for it. Matrix support is probably a ton easier. Besides, matrix is designed to be implemented by multiple parties. Exchange isn’t. In fact, exchange is almost certainly the opposite.

digisign 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Evolution Believe there are libraries available as well.
- jeroenhd 4y ago
  The exchange support for Evolution never worked well for me. There was always something that didn't sync, didn't get detected, or wasn't supported. I don't blame the devs, Exchange is a proprietary standard so you can't expect it to work well. It's like the reverse-engineered drivers for hardware the manufacturer doesn't bother to write Linux support or sufficient documentation for: it doesn't work great, but that's despite the devs' best effort, not because of it.
  - peoplefromibiza 4y ago
    > The exchange support for Evolution never worked well for me. it has been working beautifully for me in the past 6-7 years including calendar and contacts > the manufacturer doesn't bother to write Linux support or sufficient documentation for you mean documentation, like this? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/client-developer/web-service-reference/ews-reference-for-exchange https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/client-developer/w... Microsoft has many flaws, but not writing documentation it's not usually one of them.
plus 4y ago
In addition to Evolution mentioned in another reply, KDE's KMail supports exchange (through Akonadi), and it seems to work quite well for me.
mr_toad 4y ago
The exchange protocol is like CORBA and the US tax system got together and had a baby. You’d also need an exchange server to test it with, and running an exchange server isn’t trivial.
- 9dev 4y ago
  You can simply implement ActiveSync though and test against a free Microsoft account, which also uses Exchange for mail.
peoplefromibiza 4y ago
> Exchange support is probably ridiculously hard because I can’t imagine there’s all that many open source implementations for it. There are at least two, based on EWS (Exchange Web Services): - evolution-ews (Gnome) - akonadi-ews (KDE)

digisign 4y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Evolution Believe there are libraries available as well.

jeroenhd 4y ago
The exchange support for Evolution never worked well for me. There was always something that didn't sync, didn't get detected, or wasn't supported. I don't blame the devs, Exchange is a proprietary standard so you can't expect it to work well. It's like the reverse-engineered drivers for hardware the manufacturer doesn't bother to write Linux support or sufficient documentation for: it doesn't work great, but that's despite the devs' best effort, not because of it.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago
  > The exchange support for Evolution never worked well for me. it has been working beautifully for me in the past 6-7 years including calendar and contacts > the manufacturer doesn't bother to write Linux support or sufficient documentation for you mean documentation, like this? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/client-developer/web-service-reference/ews-reference-for-exchange https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/client-developer/w... Microsoft has many flaws, but not writing documentation it's not usually one of them.

plus 4y ago

In addition to Evolution mentioned in another reply, KDE's KMail supports exchange (through Akonadi), and it seems to work quite well for me.

mr_toad 4y ago

The exchange protocol is like CORBA and the US tax system got together and had a baby. You’d also need an exchange server to test it with, and running an exchange server isn’t trivial.

9dev 4y ago
You can simply implement ActiveSync though and test against a free Microsoft account, which also uses Exchange for mail.

peoplefromibiza 4y ago

> Exchange support is probably ridiculously hard because I can’t imagine there’s all that many open source implementations for it. There are at least two, based on EWS (Exchange Web Services): - evolution-ews (Gnome) - akonadi-ews (KDE)