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can be done via MAPI &nbsp;&amp; WebDAV<br />
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I certainly manipulate Exchange message folders via MAPI.<br />
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Of course the best known is to use Outlook Web Access via a web browser.<br />

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can be done via MAPI  & WebDAV

I certainly manipulate Exchange message folders via MAPI.

Of course the best known is to use Outlook Web Access via a web browser.


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I assume you mean something like this<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296126" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296126</a><br />
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What do you have to have running on Exchange for this to work?
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I assume you mean something like this

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296126 [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=296126]

What do you have to have running on Exchange for this to work?

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OK - this looks good thanks.
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Is there a way to access Exchange programmatically without having Outlook installed?<br />
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I want to be able to read emails, appointments and contacts from Exchange, and also update appointments and contacts, but without necessarily having Outlook available.<br />
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I noticed Microsoft have CDO for Exchange (CDOEX), but it says ths is &quot;installed with Exchange Server, CDOEX cannot be installed on a remote machine or called directly through Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)&quot; so I guess that isn't really going to work.<br />

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Is there a way to access Exchange programmatically without having Outlook installed?

I want to be able to read emails, appointments and contacts from Exchange, and also update appointments and contacts, but without necessarily having Outlook available.

I noticed Microsoft have CDO for Exchange (CDOEX), but it says ths is "installed with Exchange Server, CDOEX cannot be installed on a remote machine or called directly through Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)" so I guess that isn't really going to work.


Accessing Exchange without Outlook

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.