<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While we have used Outlook with IMAP with some success, it is far from > perfect. It is mail only. Contacts, calendar, and so on are still stored > in a .PST file on each workstation. (PST is a self-destructing file format > that even Microsoft Exchange fans hate.) Outlook also insists on putting > "Sent Items" and "Drafts" in the PST file, which means they are not > available via IMAP.
Of course, these are deficiencies in the *client* and have nothing to do with Exchange. My client can put things in the Sent Items and Drafts folders on a IMAP/Exchange server just fine. > There's no shared calendar or contact list, which a > lot of organizations *do* want. I suppose MAPI facilitates these things. Otherwise Microsoft could have thrown support behind one of the nebulous open calendar and/or contact list schemes... > Of course, you can pretty much everything most small organizations need > with a combination of Outlook or Outlook Express, IMAP, phpGroupWare, > SquirrelMail, and so on. It works pretty well, but it lacks the > "all-in-one" package of Outlook and Exchange. Right or wrong, a lot of > people are willing to pay big bucks for Windows and Exchange just so they > can get that. Yup -- very big bucks. Regards, --kevin -- GnuPG ID: B280F24E _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
