mail.app and MS mail server

[Jay Snyder]

Very simple answer to this.   Entourage and Outlook both talk to MS Exchange 
server with a MS Proprietary (and undocumented to the outside world) 
protocol.   Apple Mail (and any non-MS product) doesn't know this protocol.  
To satisfy the DOJ, Exchange Server also supports connections via standard 
protocols such as POP3, IMAP, and SMTP, but these are turned off by default, 
and most MS-centric IT depts. don't turn it on because they have been 
brainwashed by their MSCE training that everything is to be done the MS way 
or NO way.

For this reason, I'm stuck with Outlook at work -- I have a Windoze computer 
just so I can get email -- I use Linux for everything else.

>X 10.2.3.
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>I can send and receive mail with other mail servers, such as unix 
>system at my local ISP. The problem arises only with the server at the 
>office. I am pretty certain the Microsoft Mail Server running on 
>Win2000. Exchange Server is running for some users, but I have no 
>reason to believe my account is handled by Exchange.
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>I can access this server using Microsoft Entourage from the same Mac 
>box. I have checked my password and user name several times, and these 
>are correct in the mail.app setup.