Outllook replacement

[Benjamin Fisher]

Well, so long as I go use outlook, I can send out to anybody.  It's using SMTP as far as I can 
tell.  And prob. MAPI for incoming?  Hum.

Ben

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From: Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org>
To: Benjamin Fisher <dentariz at linuxmail.org>
Subject: Re: Outllook replacement

Re: Quoting Benjamin Fisher <dentariz at linuxmail.org>:
Re: 
Re: > The Exchange Connector costs, yes.  Exchange 2000, because of its
Re: > handling/use of IMAP standards, works well (this is as far as I can tell,
Re: > which may or may not be the absolute truth) with Evolution.  Ximian's
Re: > Connector, as I understand it, is specifically geared to finding an fully
Re: > utilizing an Exchange mail server.  Evolution works with Exchange 2000,
Re: > however, it will be a long time before this campus upgrades to that,
Re: > probably.  It has taken them forever to upgrade from 4.x to 5.0.
Re: 
Re: I believe that the Exchange Connector allows Evolution to use Exchange's native 
Re: MAPI transport - much faster than IMAP, much easier to do message sorting, 
Re: searching, moving, etc. Also allows connection to the calendaring and address 
Re: book functions, as well as some of the other Outlook/Exchange features.
Re: 
Re: You probably can't send mail off-campus because the smtp server won't forward 
Re: or relay it outside the net.  If so, it could be configured better, but as you 
Re: say it's unlikely given budget (and hence staffing) constraints.  Using IMAP 
Re: there's secure authentication so they can allow you to send outside.  
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