On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Randomthots wrote:
So has Sun assigned any bodies to help with the Evolution port?
Or at least coordinate with the Evolution team.
I agree that writing Yet-Another-Email-Client probably isn't a great use of
limited resources. But on the other hand, I've been hearing that for a couple
years now and I am still not able to use any kind of decent Outlook
replacement on a Windows box.
Personally, I am puzzled by MS Outlook.
On the technical side it appears more like a security flaw masquerading as
an useful application being the first and only mail client capable of
spreading worms and viruses. Major consulting firms and even a few
pundits had, for a while, been recommending ditching it. However, now
most of them seem to choose to embrace MS Outlook as inevitable, even
those that were loud about it a few years ago.
When I actually watch people use MS Outlook, I usually see them annoyed by
the program, especially the loss of mail (even between people on the
same MS Exchange server). I've never used it, myself. My suspicion is
that it's really an outgrowth of MS Exchange.
Particularly not one with any level of integration with my favorite
office suite -- OOo.
Could you elaborate on how you think a mail client should integrate with
an office suite? To me they are two separate things. I use OOo and then
I use Eudora, Thunderbird, Pine and (rarely) Mozilla Suite now Seamonkey.
-Lars
Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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