trying to connect mac lion mail with sbs2003

[toango]

i can connect my iPhone to sbs2003 fine using activesynce but want to know how to connect apples mail to sbs2003 please?

do i have to upgrade to exchange2007 or is there a work around?

[Spyrus]

Well, I used the below mehthod to connect Macintosh OS X 10.3 and Higher Clients to a Windows Small Business Server 2008 Network:

Step 1: Install the Latest Macintosh Updates 9

Step 2: Collect Information 9

Step 3: Configure DNS 10

Step 4: Share Folders Using the SMB Protocol 16

Configure SMB Settings by Using Directory Access 16

Disable SMB Signing on the Server 18

Step 5: Access E-mail 20

Step 5a: Access E-mail Using Entourage 2004 21

Add the self-signed certificate that the server created to the Macintosh certificate store 21

Verify DNS query resolution 22

Set Up an Exchange Server Account on the Client Computer 23

Step 5b: Access E-mail Using Outlook Web Access 26

Access E-mail Using Internet Explorer 5 for Mac 27

Access E-mail Using Safari 27

Access E-mail Using Netscape 27

Step 6: Access the http://companyweb Web Site 28

Using Internet Explorer as Your Web Browser 28

Using Safari or Netscape as Your Web Browser 28

Step 7: Access Remote Web Workplace 29

To connect to server or client-computer desktops from a client computer 31

To enable access to http://companyweb and to the monitoring Web sites 31
Related Resources 32

Appendix 33

Share Files Using File Services for Macintosh 33

Configure the Server 33

Configure the Client Computers 34

Join the Macintosh Computers to the Domain 36