- Described how to configure Exchange's IMAP server to server out HTML
I had worked on this before but I just want to document it here. I use Thunderbird and connect to Exchange servers via IMAP. Here at TI I was only getting plain text from the IMAP server. I was speaking to a friend of mine who managed an Exchange at a prior company we worked together at. I used TB and IMAP back then too and did not have problems with HTML'ized email from Outlook users:
Andrew DeFaria: In any event I'm nore interested if you have an answer to my question regarding Exchange/IMAP.Andrew DeFaria: How do you configure Exchange to sent HTML email to IMAP?
Ron Van Scherpe: as far as imap goes,
Ron Van Scherpe: we don't use it here.
Ron Van Scherpe: but lemme check something
Andrew DeFaria: I could have sworn that while at Salira I used TB and IMAP to your exchange server and when Outlook users sent HTML'ized email I saw it in TB as HTML'ized.
Andrew DeFaria: Here at TI all I get from the IMAP port is just plain text. Seems to me that this might be an Exchange setting....
Ron Van Scherpe: yes..it's a server setting.
Ron Van Scherpe: they must have it set for plain text only because you have 3 options..
Ron Van Scherpe: plain text, HTML or both.
Ron Van Scherpe: we have it set to both here
Ron Van Scherpe: and we did at Salira.
Ron Van Scherpe: they're taking an MS approach
Ron Van Scherpe: they don't want HTML rendered hacks
Andrew DeFaria: HTML rendered hacks will happen more often in Outlook than TB is my guess.
Ron Van Scherpe: login in to the Exchange server
Ron Van Scherpe: open up ESM
Ron Van Scherpe: expand the server so that you see the Protocols...
Ron Van Scherpe: right click on the iMap virtual server and select properities
Ron Van Scherpe: click on the message format tab and select rendering type
Ron Van Scherpe: you'll have to restart the imap server
Andrew DeFaria: Great! And thanks! I'll send this along...
Andrew DeFaria: I owe you a beer (that is if they agree to it and implement it...)
Ron Van Scherpe: $50
Andrew DeFaria: OK a case!
Ron Van Scherpe: heh