On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 10:50 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 13:21 +0000, Hans van der Merwe wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 07:17 -0600, Peter Van Lone wrote: > > > On 2/13/07, Hans van der Merwe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > This is a stretch, but what if the components that is needed for MAPI > > > > can be run in Wine? > > > > > > I think the point is that, since it's job is to connect to exchange > > > (which runs on windows only) it should not be that big a deal to > > > either: > > > > > > 1)run brutus on the exchange box itself (therefore not increasing your > > > windows footprint) > > > > I have no control over our servers. > > > > > 2)put another small, insignifigant, windows box somewhere in the > > > network, which will allow you to avoid windows on countless boxes that > > > need exchange email. > > > > Our IT guy already frowns upon my Suse box - asking for a additional win > > box will not work. > > Although I couldn't be less interested in using Exchange (I feel your > pain :-) it occurs to me that you should be able to so this via a VMware > installation of Windows on your Linux box. You can install VMware > Workstation for free (gratis, not libre). > > In fact http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/partners/ has a > bunch of canned installations (VMware calls them Virtual Appliances). > Maybe the Brutus people -- or any other interested party -- would like > to consider creating such an appliance. > > poc
Great idea - Im at the moment evaluating VMWare, Parallels and VirtualBox - sofar VirtualBox is winning (in price and performance, only struggling with networking). So will try this some time this week. E-Mail disclaimer: http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
