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Originally Posted by Stephen

Ok: iMac OS X 10.5.8, Safari 5.0.6 accessing work emails from an Exchange server through Outlook Web Access. Is there a way I can script it to automatically refresh the page periodically and notify me if there are any new emails? I can't get the emails through my normal Mail program because they haven't set up the mail server thingy and I keep missing emails because I forget to refresh it when I switch over to the tab I have it open in.

Outlook Web Access should update automatically. Not sure how it works with Mac browsers like Safari. I know it automatically updates when my Exchange server gets a new mail in the mailbox I'm monitoring on Chrome, Firefox and IE, so perhaps there may be a Safari setting you can hunt down.
Failing that, I'm not sure. I can give you scripts all day for Windows, but not Mac.

Also, do you not have a mailbox account on Mac OS that you can set up? On my iPhone I can set up a mailbox, use the Exchange option that utilizes Activesync, and then make sure I have push notifications on for it. I get bothered by work all day long because of it. Do they not have something similar for Mac OS?


Edit:

I just re-read your message, and by "haven't set up the mail server thingy", I'm assuming they haven't purchased and/or installed the SSL certificate necessary for the autodiscover service and created the appropriate DNS records for such. (which allows you to just put in your email address and get everything set up automatically)
If that's the case, you can still manually set up your mail program so long as you have the server information, which you can get from your network admin.