Corporate eMail on openSUSE (WAS: Re: [opensuse] where's novell? (bit of a rant) )

On Saturday 26 April 2008 04:01:46 pm Andreas van dem Helge wrote:

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 6:01 PM, John Andersen wrote:

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When I show them that wine will run those two packages (without belaboring the details) and absolve them of their Outlook sins, bless them with Kmail (spam filtered of course) they become converts rather quickly.

I've tried to use Evolution with the Exchange connector. I was less than impressed. Maybe it was several years of pent up excitement waiting for it to be available to me (I've always been on an Exchange 5.5 network until a few months back.) I dunno -sort of like when I saw The Phantom Menace.

The only problem is Kmail is just not the same class application as Outlook. Evolution is but I've found its Exchange connector not to be reliable. Please tell me how I can share my contacts, addressbook & email on both my PC and mobile phone seamlessly? There's Scalix with poor mobile support which requires a Windows server anyways .... the Evolution connector works ok. There's Zimbra but the connector won't compile with the Evolution that openSuSE ships and the mobile support isnt as robust as Outlook/Exchange.

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The don't WANT WINDOWS.

I agree... But I want OUTLOOK....

I use outlook also. It is one of the only three MS products I like (the others being Visio and Project). I know one can argue about html email by default (mine is set to rich text) and top posting (which isn't bad in an email, IMO), but it does many things very well - send/recive emails, organize tasks, allows me to set reminders simply by dragging an email on to the calendar, auto-booking of resources (like meeting rooms), notification of events... You can use it on openSUSE under either Crossover Office / Wine - though I haven't yet tried the 2007 version. http://www.perfectreign.com/stuff/outlook_save.jpg You can - of course load a VM and run it native there too. Other options include remote desktop into a 2k/xp/vista machine or using OWA. I'm not a big fan of OWA so tend to stay away from it. -- kai www.filesite.org || www.4thedadz.com || www.perfectreign.com remember - a turn signal is a statement, not a request -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org