I am going to stick with OL for Mac 2001. It works well enough for me. Certainly better than Entourage in this MS Exchange environment.
> ---------- > From: Holstrom, Don > Reply To: Exchange Discussions > Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 1:43 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: New Entourage > > So are OSX Macs therefore doomed to OWA, or is there an alternative? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Durkee, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:44 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: New Entourage > > I think they did away with Outlook because they were in the semi-absurd > situation of maintaining three entirely different mail clients for the > Mac, > none of which made everyone, happy, and two of which weren't OS X native, > so > they needed major upgrades, and were free. I don't find it at all > incomprehensable that they'd concentrate their resources on the product > that > generates some revenue. As far as Entourage's new Exchange awareness goes, > it's about what you'd expect from a point upgrade. > > -Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:25 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: New Entourage > > > I don't doubt it. That makes perfect business sense. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:43 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: New Entourage > > > > > > My personal opinion is that they did away with Outlook for > > the Mac because > > OS X, especially Jaguar (10.2.x) is the first OS with a > > legitimate chance of > > displacing Microsoft from their dominance of the desktop. It meets the > > requirements of having Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/etc). > > Therefore, the > > only missing app is a full blown Outlook client. Its > > Microsoft's only way to > > stop the tide without giving up their entire Mac offering. > > > > Roger > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > > Sr. Systems Administrator > > Inovis Inc. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:11 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: New Entourage > > > > > > > > > This is more venting than any serious question: > > > > > > What about MAPI? (Outlook for OfficeX-1) > > > What about RPC over HTTP? (I know that would have to be coded > > > from scratch) > > > You must enable IMAP on your Exchange server? > > > > > > Why did they get rid of the Outlook product? Why make an > > > organization with > > > Macs go through so many hoops? It's not like they have to > > > code from scratch. > > > It makes no sense. The whole idea is to make the products > > across both > > > platforms the same or mostly the same. They didn't take Word > > > or Excel, > > > retool it, take out some important features and call it > > > something else, did > > > they? Keerist!! > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:02 PM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: Re: New Entourage > > > > > > > > > > > > Depends on how one defines Exchange aware. If by Exchange > > > > aware, you mean > > > > 'it's Outlook' then no. If understanding free/busy and > > and automatic > > > > configuration of address book and other account settings to > > > > support Exchange > > > > qualifies, then maybe. > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Erik Sojka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:29:57 -0400 > > > > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Subject: RE: New Entourage > > > > > > > > > > I haven't looked at it yet, but it wouldn't be > > > > Exchange-aware if it was, > > > > > right? When we looked at this for our lone Mac user ~18 > > > > months ago we had to > > > > > settle for the previous version of Outlook and the user had > > > > to switch between > > > > > OSX for Office and OS9 for Outlook since we didn't want to > > > > open up IMAP or > > > > > POP3 for him. > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > > Web Interface: > > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Web Interface: > > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > > ext_mode=&lang=english > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: > > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&la > ng > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ______________________________________________ > This message is private or privileged. 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