Can I use Redemption without Outlook installed on the server to check email of another account?

Question

This one is killing me.

I'm trying to make a simple console app that brings down attachments from an Exchange mailbox. I tried WebDav originally and that worked fine except that the server is configured to block XML files which makes it useless to me. I can not get the server admins to change any settings at their end.

So I have these questions:

1.) Can I run Redemption on a server without Outlook installed?

2.) Can I use redemption to create a 'temporary' profile? This app will be running under a separate account than that of the mailbox, so I need to be able to specify the mail user/password at runtime (or at least hardcoded into the source).

I have tried messing around with installing the MAPI subsystem and the Perfmon2.exe tool, but when I try and create a new profile it just does nothing...

Answer 1

Redemption does not require Outlook, but it uses Extended MAPI. You can download and install MAPI and CDO from Microsoft.

Redemption has functions to add and remove profiles so you should be able to create a temporary profile. Basically, Redemption gives you access to Extended MAPI using COM.