{"id":10,"date":"2004-10-13T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2004-10-13T20:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=10"},"modified":"2004-10-15T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2004-10-15T22:23:57","slug":"thunderbird-and-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2004\/10\/13\/thunderbird-and-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird and Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/chronicle\/photos\/connor2.jpg\" class=\"imagelink\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/chronicle\/photos\/connor2-thumb.jpg\" align=right vspace=10 hspace=10 width=\"187\" height=\"200\" alt=\"image\"\/><\/a>After work I have to pick Connor up from my sister-in-laws church.  Amy&#8217;s had a headache for two days, so tonight I&#8217;m on full blown daddy duty.  That&#8217;s no problem because my little guy is way cool enough to keep me entertained all night.  Besides, I need to stay away from all computers for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Tech sector: Suse loaded okay on the old Inspiron 2500 but I couldn&#8217;t find the display files to save my life.  Apparently Suse doesn&#8217;t have them pre-installed for xFree86 and I can&#8217;t find the monitor model to use anywhere.  I might work on it later or try another flavor of Linux (like Mandrake) but only when time allows.<\/p>\n<p>Instead I settled for configuring IMAP on the Dillon Exchange server and put <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/projects\/thunderbird\/\">Thunderbird<\/a> on an Inspiron 2600 running XP Pro.  It&#8217;s a pretty cool old laptop running nothing but open source apps.  Everyone was screaming that I&#8217;d lose my Exchange functionality without a MAPI client.  What functionality?  The personal folders and calendar I don&#8217;t use?  Any time I can relieve myself of a stale ol&#8217; MS Office app I&#8217;m gonna do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After work I have to pick Connor up from my sister-in-laws church. Amy&#8217;s had a headache for two days, so tonight I&#8217;m on full blown daddy duty. That&#8217;s no problem because my little guy is way cool enough to keep me entertained all night. 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