Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, a MAPI client, includes many powerful features and will likely be the primary Exchange client used in most organizations. In this chapter, you will learn about the installation and configuration of various Microsoft Exchange client programs. We discuss how to configure and take advantage of Outlook 2003, and we examine several important Internet protocols that can be used to access Exchange Server. Outlook Web Access provides a way for standard web browsers to access Exchange information. We also cover the POP3 and IMAP4 message retrieval protocols.
Specifically, this chapter covers the following topics:
Client platforms for Microsoft Exchange
The MAPI architecture
Microsoft Outlook
Virtual servers
Outlook Web Access
POP3 clients
IMAP4 clients
NNTP clients