John Leeuw wrote:
> more simple problems I have encountered is how do you support a centralized
> addressbook with an IMAP implementation. Sure you can have shared folders,
> but those folders can only contain email messages. It would be a REAL pain
> the a** to have to setup everyone on the network with their own addressbook
> and have to manage keeping them all up to date. I have since discovered
> that both Mulberry and Eudora have the ability to create a centralized
> addressbook, each using their own unique solution.
That's what LDAP is for.
An it works with many different mail tools, not just Exchange/Outlook.
Will Netscape/Mozilla connect to a Exchange address book?
what about Evolution, emacs, kmail, or pine?
All of these can support LDAP, it's a simple, open API.
And I can query the LDAP stores fron the command line,
in scripts, or throug a browser. Can Exchange give me
all of that? On Solaris, linux, BSD, HP-UX, and Windows?
> If you can live without the integration of collaboration tools in your email
> system such as Exchange/Groupwise provide, then I would definitely go for an
I'd rather NOT have the tight integration of M$.
Give me several tools that do their job well,
not one tool that tries to do a lot.
That's the unix philosophy.
It also gives me the choice of the tool that best
fits my needs.
-Thomas
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