Thunderbird Exchange addons: MailEws, ContactEws, CalendarEws

[jingn...@gmail.com]

Hi,
After a long development duration, the addons to support exchange is released.
MailEws 1.3 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mail-ews/)
1. memory leaking fixed
2. bug fixing
ContactEws 1.1 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/contact-ews/)
1. change to async call when doing resolve names

CalendarEws 1.0 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/calendar-ews/)
1. support for calendar
2. support for tasks

Please have a try, let me know when anything wrong:)

-Jingnan

[Tanstaafl]

Awesome!!! I can't wait to try these out. It may be the weekend before I
have time (been slammed for the last couple of months here actually),
but this is important to me, as soon I'll be forced to flip the switch
on our OFfice365 migration, and I have no intention of using Outlook for
email, and would love to be able to continue using Thunderbird for
Calendars/Contacts as well...

Questions...

Do you have any docs/info/web page that discusses any known limitations?

For example - should I expect Shared Calendars/Contacts to also work, or
just my Personal Calendar/Contacts?Contacts...

Also, do you have a bug system? I'll be happy to report any bugs I
encounter when setting it up.

Thanks so much Jingnan!

[Tanstaafl]

Hi Jingnan,

Any chance you could respond to these questions? It will help me know
what to expect and look for this weekend when I hopefully will have time
to try them out.

Thanks again! This is amazing news, and I'm really hoping these will
work well enough to keep me from having to use Outlook for interacting
with my Calendar and Contacts on Office365...

[Tanstaafl]

Hi Jingnan,

I finally got the go ahead recently to pulled the trigger on our Office
365 migration (not my idea, but I'm the one who had to do it), and am
now ready to test this, but I can't for the life of me figure out how
I'm supposed to ad my calendars.

Also, both MailEws and ContactEws Addons have disappeared from the
Addons site (links below don't work for those two)...

Do I need MailEws for CalendarEws to work?

And is there any docs at all on how to use/implement them?

Thanks again, very excited to try these out!

Charles

[Mike Easter]

Tanstaafl wrote:

> I finally got the go ahead recently to pulled the trigger on our Office
> 365 migration (not my idea, but I'm the one who had to do it), and am
> now ready to test this, but I can't for the life of me figure out how
> I'm supposed to ad my calendars.
>
> Also, both MailEws and ContactEws Addons have disappeared from the
> Addons site (links below don't work for those two)...
>
> Do I need MailEws for CalendarEws to work?
>
> And is there any docs at all on how to use/implement them?

I have no experience with any of this.

Here's the (old, outdated) Moz Add-ons link, but the comments say to go
to github, which follows

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/provider-for-microsoft-exchang/?src=search
The lightning-exchange-provider addon allows you to use Microsoft
Exchange calendars in Thunderbird, via Exchange’s web services.

https://github.com/Ericsson/exchangecalendar/wiki/Exchange-EWS-Provider
Welcome on the wiki page of the only add-on for Thunderbird and
Seamonkey which will add access to you Exchange calendars, contacts and
Global Address List [GAL]. It is an add-on for the Lightning.
Calendering Add-on and will allow you to communicate with an Exchange
2007, 2010 and 2013 server using the Exchange Web Service [EWS]
interface.You can access any Calendar, Task or Contacts folder on the
EWS server in an easy way.



--
Mike Easter

[jingnan si]

Thank you for you still interesting in the project, but the addon is rejected by mozilla, not because anything bad found in the source but because I can't provide a test server.

If you still want to test it, I could upload to somewhere else, maybe github?

JIngnan

Tanstaafl <tans...@libertytrek.org>于2016年1月24日周日 上午7:45写道：

Hi Jingnan,

I finally got the go ahead recently to pulled the trigger on our Office
365 migration (not my idea, but I'm the one who had to do it), and am
now ready to test this, but I can't for the life of me figure out how
I'm supposed to ad my calendars.

Also, both MailEws and ContactEws Addons have disappeared from the
Addons site (links below don't work for those two)...

Do I need MailEws for CalendarEws to work?

And is there any docs at all on how to use/implement them?

Thanks again, very excited to try these out!

Charles


On 10/18/2015 9:58 AM, jingn...@gmail.com <jingn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> After a long development duration, the addons to support exchange is released.
> MailEws 1.3 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/mail-ews/)
>      1. memory leaking fixed
>      2. bug fixing
> ContactEws 1.1 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/contact-ews/)
>      1. change to async call when doing resolve names
>
> CalendarEws 1.0 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/calendar-ews/)
>      1. support for calendar
>      2. support for tasks
>
> Please have a try, let me know when anything wrong:)
>
> -Jingnan

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[Tanstaafl]

Hi Jingnan,

Thanks very much for responding, and yes, I very much want to test it!

Github would be fine by me...

If I am not mistaken, Thunderbird will NOT be enforcing Addon signing
(thank the computer gods) like Firefox will be doing beginning with
version 46, so, you can just continue hosting it wherever you like.

Also - are there any docs or instructions on how to use it?

Thanks again!

Charles

On 1/25/2016 12:28 AM, jingnan si <jingn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for you still interesting in the project, but the addon is
> rejected by mozilla, not because anything bad found in the source but
> because I can't provide a test server.
>
> If you still want to test it, I could upload to somewhere else, maybe
> github?
>
> JIngnan
>

> Tanstaafl <tans...@libertytrek.org <mailto:tans...@libertytrek.org>>

[jingnan si]

Let you know when I finish the upload, I will also create a document for how to use the addon.

Regards,

-Jingnan

Tanstaafl <tans...@libertytrek.org>于2016年1月25日周一 上午5:02写道：

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[Tanstaafl]

On 1/25/2016 6:42 PM, jingnan si <jingn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let you know when I finish the upload, I will also create a document for
> how to use the addon.

Awesome, I look forward to it...

Thanks again!

Charles

[jingnan si]

Hi,

the addon uploaded to github https://github.com/stonewell/exchange-ews-thunderbird,

please try, any problem, feel free to let me know.

a simple usage document is put in the Readme.md file. let me know if any further information needed.

Regards,

-Jingnan

jingnan si <jingn...@gmail.com>于2016年1月25日周一 下午3:42写道：

Let you know when I finish the upload, I will also create a document for how to use the addon.

Regards,

-Jingnan

--

这世间，唯有梦想与好姑娘不可辜负

[Tanstaafl]

Hi Jingnan,

Ok, 2 problems...

1. Right-clicking on the Addons and downloading them results in
corrupted/truncated files - attempting to install the downloaded Addon
results in a failed install due to invalid package.

But, if I left-click the file, while I do get the message about a
truncated file, it allows me to download the 'Raw' file, which is an
Addon that I am able to install in TB.

2. After installing the Addon (with only Lightning 4.0.5.2 installed),
TB will successfully restart... until I add the first EWS account - when
I do, it crashes as soon as I click 'OK', and crashes every time after that.

I will be able to provide more details and test some more later, but
wanted to mainly let you know about the corrupt/truncated Addon/file on
github, as that is possibly the problem...

Thanks again! I'll provide more details later...

On 1/28/2016 11:03 PM, jingnan si <jingn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> the addon uploaded to
> github https://github.com/stonewell/exchange-ews-thunderbird,
> please try, any problem, feel free to let me know.
>
> a simple usage document is put in the Readme.md file. let me know if any
> further information needed.
>
> Regards,
> -Jingnan
>
>

> jingnan si <jingn...@gmail.com <mailto:jingn...@gmail.com>>于2016年1

> 月25日周一 下午3:42写道：
>
> Let you know when I finish the upload, I will also create a document
> for how to use the addon.
>
> Regards,
> -Jingnan
>
> Tanstaafl <tans...@libertytrek.org

> <mailto:tans...@libertytrek.org>>于2016年1月25日周一 上午5:02写道：

>
> Hi Jingnan,
>
> Thanks very much for responding, and yes, I very much want to
> test it!
>
> Github would be fine by me...
>
> If I am not mistaken, Thunderbird will NOT be enforcing Addon
> signing
> (thank the computer gods) like Firefox will be doing beginning with
> version 46, so, you can just continue hosting it wherever you like.
>
> Also - are there any docs or instructions on how to use it?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Charles
>
> On 1/25/2016 12:28 AM, jingnan si <jingn...@gmail.com

> <mailto:jingn...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Thank you for you still interesting in the project, but the
> addon is
> > rejected by mozilla, not because anything bad found in the
> source but
> > because I can't provide a test server.
> >
> > If you still want to test it, I could upload to somewhere
> else, maybe
> > github?
> >
> > JIngnan
> >
> > Tanstaafl <tans...@libertytrek.org
> <mailto:tans...@libertytrek.org>

> <mailto:tans...@libertytrek.org

> <mailto:tans...@libertytrek.org>>>
> > 于2016年1月24日周日 上午7:45写道：
> >
> > Hi Jingnan,
> >
> > I finally got the go ahead recently to pulled the trigger
> on our Office
> > 365 migration (not my idea, but I'm the one who had to do
> it), and am
> > now ready to test this, but I can't for the life of me
> figure out how
> > I'm supposed to ad my calendars.
> >
> > Also, both MailEws and ContactEws Addons have disappeared
> from the
> > Addons site (links below don't work for those two)...
> >
> > Do I need MailEws for CalendarEws to work?
> >
> > And is there any docs at all on how to use/implement them?
> >
> > Thanks again, very excited to try these out!
> >
> > Charles
>
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>
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[Tanstaafl]

On 1/29/2016 5:07 PM, Tanstaafl <tans...@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> 2. After installing the Addon (with only Lightning 4.0.5.2 installed),
> TB will successfully restart... until I add the first EWS account - when
> I do, it crashes as soon as I click 'OK', and crashes every time after that.

Haven't had time to do more testing yet, but I forgot to mention - it
did seem to find the correct server connection details (this is an
Office 365 account), but then, like I said, it crashes as soon as I hit OK.