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"Ingo Pakleppa" <ingo-immigration_at_kkeane.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:24:53 +0000, Chad Myers wrote:
>
> >> Finally Exchange is the only thing that isn't pervasive on unix.
Unix
> >> people like to feel they have superior tools to that. ;-)
> >
> > Oh yeah, POP3/SMTP is far superior to Exchange. Where's that
> > all-inclusive collaboration package for *nix?
>
> IMAP, LDAP and NNTP come very close to Exchange's features.
um, not they don't. No contact management, no calendar management, journaling, instant messaging, info-store-as-file-store, etc, etc, etc. The only things that come close are Notes and SuckWise-- I mean GroupWise.
> In fact, I'm
> running a Linux mail server that essentially replaces all important
> Exchange features.
Not even close. Exchange is not just mail, you know.
> > Why do the Linux folk try to duplicate Outlook (see Evolution)?
>
> Because many Linux folks live in worlds that still use some Microsoft
> technology. Evolution is just a client (and one of many), just as
Outlook
> is.
Outlook is more than just an email client.
> What makes Evolution special is that it can interact with a regular
> Windows Exchange server and understands Microsoft's proprietary
protocols.
Cool.
MAPI is published. It's still "proprietary", but it's published, so it's not that great of a feat that they're doing it.
-c Received on Sat Jan 11 2003 - 00:33:20 CST