Hello my fellow poor-unfortunate-souls who need/want to integrate a Mac into
the world of MS Exchange:
Below is a copy of a short rant I made on our local University's
Tech Support list, and the reply I got....
>Will: This was the response from the Apple rep who did the demo. I am
>going to send your email on to Microsoft and see what they have to say.
>Cindy
>Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:16:37 -0500
>Subject: Re: Mac OfficeX Entourage and MS Exchange--What happened?
>From: John M < @apple.com>
>To: Cindy < @wayne.edu>
>X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.480)
>
>The product i was showing was a beta - Microsoft has (as far as I know)
>decided to continue that product via the Outlook specific product for the
>macintosh - there is not a MacOS X specific version of Outlook
>currently. I am sorry for any confusion - I was working on information
>available at the time.
>
>-John
>On Thursday, January 10, 2002, at 09:51 AM, Cindy wrote:
>
>>Happy New Year, John!
>>
>>Do you have any additional information that could be shared with Will
>>Grever about this? Thanks. Cindy
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>>>Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 12:51:20 -0500
>>>Reply-To: Wayne State Univ Computer Technical Support discussion list
>>> < @LISTS.WAYNE.EDU>
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>>> < @LISTS.WAYNE.EDU>
>>>From: "William E. Grever" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Subject: Mac OfficeX Entourage and MS Exchange--What happened?
>>>To: @LISTS.WAYNE.EDU
>>>
>>>Dear TechSup Folks,
>>> A few months back there was a presentation in the UGL
>>>Community
>>> room
>>>with a person from Apple who showed-off the new Apple iPOD and previewed
>>>some of the new Microsoft OfficeX features. This person said, after
quite
>>>specific questioning, that the new EntourageX would have all the
>>>functionality of Outlook 2001for the Mac.
>>> I just installed OfficeX and guess what....EntourageX has no
>>>Exchange Server support! Well, it does have IMAP support, but that
hardly
>>>cuts it when trying to integrate a Mac into an Exchange Server
environment.
>>>
>>> Needless to say, I am a bit miffed. Does anyone have any
>>>dirt on when Microsoft might release fully functional OfficeX program
>>>with complete Exchange Server support and conduits to a PIM?!?!
>>>
>>>Sorry for the brief rant.
>>>
>>>Will Grever
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