On 1/18/02 5:50 PM, "Terje Bless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hoffman, Daniel (SFO-ME) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I agree completely! Even if a carbonized Outlook client is ever released >> (highly doubtful from what I've been told) it would probably not be >> nearly as elegant and pleasant to use as Entourage. > > Besides which, it�s bloody silly to have two nearly identical products > whose only differentiation is that they each don�t do the necessary 20-odd > percent of each other�s features to replace it�s mate. A shamefull waste of > resources and incredibly annoying IMO. Sure Outlook:mac 2001 is a fine > product -- especially compared to previous Exchange clients for Mac OS -- > but there�s no doubt it�s Entourage that�s the Real Deal. > > Given that Outlook 2002 alledgedly insists on HTML rather then �Rich Text� > (RTF?), and E�rage allready supports this, there is very little that > actually remains to make it a full Exchange client in practice. Access to > the Directory (via LDAP) and synchronization of Calendar, Contacts, and > Notes (via IMAP) is pretty much it AFAICT. Authentication might be the only > remaining stumbling block, and that�s solvable. > > Unless I�m missing someting blindingly obvious, this should be a > no-brainer. Exchange doesn't expose anything except Mail/Calendar via IMAP. -Omar -- omar shahine lead program manager, Entourage:mac, Macintosh Business Unit � SVC -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
