HELP!!! Configure Macintosh to Connect To Exhange 2003

[martache27]

I have an Exchange 2003 server will windows machines connecting to Exchange with RPC over HTTP. Can this be down using a Macintosh. If so can you all provide me with the direction on how to do this or direct me to resources that I can dig up the answer?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[Zelandakh]

It cannot be done using RPC over HTTP.

Are the computers not on the LAN? You'd need to use WebDAV/OWA and IMAP4.

 

[ncolsgk]

This sorta helps...

Checking Your Mail Without VPN access Using Entourage 2004 
One of the most handy features within Entourage 2004 is the ability to check your company's e-mail from home, on your Mac, and without ever firing up a VPN connection to your office.  To configure Entourage to check e-mail from home, just do the following:

In Safari, log into your organization's Outlook Web Access website 
In the Location field (where you type [URL unfurl="true"]http://www...[/URL] ), copy the address up to the first slash after the [URL unfurl="true"]www portion[/URL] of the text.  For example, if the web site's address began with [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.example.com/exchange/john/,[/URL] you would copy [URL unfurl="true"]http:///www.example.com/.[/URL] 
In Entourage, open up your Exchange account's settings (Tools menu : Accounts menu item:), double-click Your Exchange Account Name , and paste the copied website address in the Server field. 
To access public folders or see free/busy information from home, click the Public Folders link in Outlook Web Access and copy-paste the first part of the URL (e.g. [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.example.com/public)[/URL] into the Public Folder server field on your Exchange account's Advanced tab.
Once configured, you should now be able to read your mail from home without needing to VPN into your corporate network.  I do this all the time on my PowerBook and don't ever bother to change the setting while in my office.  Anywhere there's a wifi connection, I've got e-mail.

Geeky detail: Entourage relies on UDP notifications from the Exchange server to determine when new e-mail is available.  Typically, when connected through the above method, the UDP notifications are blocked from ever arriving.  To compensate, Entourage will ask the Exchange server once a minute for any new items within an Exchange mailbox.