I like Evolution, but as best as I can tell: With there MAPI connector (which I do not have) you can access contacts,...
But with straight evolution you can not access contacts, tasks, etc created by outlook users. You can create evolution contacts, etc. Which I believe are in a standards compliant format. But you still can not access those create by outlook. Finally, evolution only runs under Linux and like it or not for the moment I need W32 IMAP clients. Ultimately, Outlook is evil. But there does not exist a W32 client that duplicates its functionality. There are kludges, but I am not looking to replace one mess with another. The best I have seen thus far is evolution - BUT evolution is Linux only, and like it or not I can't go there yet, and evolution does not understand existing Outlook contacts etc. when stored on an IMAP server, so I can not even just use it myself. -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Marsden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Is it possible to store user contact/ address book in imap server? On 15 Jul 2003, David H. Lynch, Jr. writes: > There is nothing special about contact/address book information. > There is no reason you can not store contacts, tasks, calendar items, > ... In any IMAP server you choose. All they are is specially formatted > messages. > The Problem is that there are no IMAP clients that can properly > understand and treat those messages as contacts, tasks, ... No IMAP clients? Ximian Evolution might qualify as one? :-) For most enterprises, MS Outlook is the de facto expected and desired client, like it or loathe it, for this sort of "email plus calendaring plus contacts" setup. The (commercial) Bynari Insight Connector addin for Outlook handles this. It is IMO far from perfect as an overall email/ calendaring/ contacts solution, and has had some significant stability issues on the client in the past. But if you really need this functionality, it does get the job done. While officially Bynari will only support it when used with their "Insight Server", Insight Server is really a package of Postfix + Cyrus + Apache + ProFTPd and a pretty web-based management interface, so it can be used against Cyrus if you are willing to experiment a little. Jonathan -- Jonathan Marsden | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Making electronic 1252 Judson Street | Phone: +1 (909) 795-3877 | communications work Redlands, CA 92374 | Fax: +1 (909) 795-0327 | reliably for Christian USA | http://www.xc.org/jonathan | missions worldwide