[DM-MUG] Entourage & Growl

Jeremy Geerdes jrgeerdes at gmail.com
Sat Jan 10 08:28:10 CST 2009 

Growl is a very nice little utility which can actually be set up to  
process just about any system notification in OS X. For instance, you  
can install a utility that will allow it to alert you when new Mail or  
any number of IM clients (e.g., iChat, Conversation, Colloquy) receive  
new messages.  Firefox will use Growl to alert to updates.  And there  
are many more.  It really is an wonderful utility application for  
system alerts.

Entourage, unfortunately, is a rather mediocre email client.  While  
its support for standard email servers and accounts is relatively  
solid, its support for Exchange is only partial and tends to be flaky,  
largely because even now, several years after Entourage first  
supported Exchange, that support is still rather improvised (e.g., it  
uses WebDAV instead of Exchange's standard MAPI connection).  In fact,  
there is no complete, native Exchange client on the Mac side as yet.   
Also, because Entourage does not utilize the standard MAPI connection,  
you have to alter the settings on your Exchange server to allow for  
WeDAV connections.  In addition to all this, Entourage has a handful  
of other nuisances, including the fact that it stores mail messages as  
both individual files and in its proprietary database;

All of that said, if you are determined to utilize Entourage with your  
Exchange server, you might check out the link below.  It will tell you  
how to make the necessary modifications to your Exchange configuration  
as well as how to setup your accounts in Entourage itself.

http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2007/mobility-client-access/accessing-exchange-2007-apple-macintosh-part-2.html

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On Jan 9, 2009, at 6:30 AM, AB wrote:

> I have Growl as an add-on to the Adium instant message multi- 
> platform. It also can be turned on/setup for using with Firefox and  
> Yahoo instant messanger, and networked server connections. I like  
> Adium for the real-time mail updates for all the common web-based  
> email hosts such as Yahool, AOL, Facebook, GooogleTalk, MyspaceIM,  
> Hotmail/MSN, Jabber, .Mac, LiveJournal, etc. Entourage will also  
> give instant email notifications if left running (can close or  
> minimize the window) I was never able to figure out the  
> configuration settings in Entourage. I went through many  
> instructions and tips on the internet, but it just never seemed to  
> work to configure it for an exchange server account. So if anyone  
> has any advice let me know.
>
>
> --- On Tue, 12/16/08, Matthew W. <maccelerate at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Matthew W. <maccelerate at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Entourage issue
>> To: "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 3:53 PM
>> Or in front of our computers in general!
>>
>> Mw
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2008, at 6:58 AM, Brandon Carlson wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe the real problem is that we spend too much time
>> in an e-mail client. :-)
>>>
>>> On 12/16/08, James Lagnese <jlagnese at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> We use Kerio Mail Server where I work, which
>> emulates Exchange. Entourage
>>>> seems to work better than Mail or iCal when using
>> Exchange Accounts and it¹s
>>>> all in one application. I do get syncing issues
>> with Entourage and Mobile Me
>>>> though, but I find Mobile Me problematic in
>> general.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> //On 12/16/08 12:51 AM, "Matt Wheeler"
>> <maccelerate at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You're right. Entourage doesn't do
>> what Mail does... Run well!
>>>>>
>>>>> It is definitely a personal preference issue,
>> but I cannot stand
>>>>> Entourage's
>>>>> calendar. I've used 2004 and 2008, and
>> both are equally useless (to me).
>>>>> It
>>>>> forces you to have a local calendar, even if
>> you don't use it. If it
>>>>> didn't
>>>>> have built-in Exchange calendar support and
>> used widely at work, I'd have
>>>>> hacked Mail and iCal to interface with
>> Exchange. As it is, it barely works
>>>>> with Exchange calendaring, but that's
>> enough. I don't have time to be the
>>>>> only
>>>>> Mail.app adopter at work, but I use it
>> everywhere else.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mw
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 14, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Sharalyn wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I tend to not remember specifics but I
>> just tried mac mail again
>>>>>> recently
>>>>>> and (really wanting to be be happy with it
>> because I like all things Mac)
>>>>>> found myself disappointed and frustrated
>> frequently because I couldn¹t do
>>>>>> things I was used to doing, such as
>> creating new folders, automatically
>>>>>> routing incoming mail to to folders, stuff
>> like that, plus I find
>>>>>> Entourage
>>>>>> easier to visually see, and easier to add
>> to the address book, etc. It
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> seemed really bland. Also, like the
>> calendar in E better than in M, esp.
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> alerts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/14/08 4:58 PM, "Jon
>> Thompson" <jon at mac-consultant.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I use apple mail for all of my email,
>> and I don't miss any features, so
>>>>>>> you'll have to be more specific in
>> what it lacks.  I do augment it with
>>>>>>> GrowlMail and Mail Act-On, but I
>> don't think Entourage does what either
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> those utilities do.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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