Hi Paul,

I have never used exchange server, so I can't answer your question.

You might try searching the web for canned software that will meet your needs. You might also visit some Linux Forums to see if any members are using something similar to your needs.

I suppose the calendaring system could also be done in Visual FoxPro. It seem like I have seen calendar activeX controls that might be adopted into a visual FoxPro app.


I don't know whether your calendaring system would be over a local network only, or your calendaring system would need to be accessed remotely and via the Internet by browsers, etc.

If the calendaring system needed to be integrated with your email system, you would probably need to know a little about SMTP (e.g. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). It is a standard that is published that give the exact context of packets that must be exchanged between the email client and server in order to perform a handshake with the server, authenticate, connect, and send/receive mail. You would also need socket software to encode the packet with the port over which the email is to be transmitted. SMTP uses port 25 and pop3 uses port 110, I think.

You might check with West Winds as they may be into email clients, etc.

If I were you, I would much rather find something already written and debugged. Trying to write a calendaring/email system, even a really simple one, would probably not be a trivial matter.

Regards,

LelandJ