On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, eric pareja wrote:
..
> Okay... I am clueless about what Outlook is and why a lot of our personnel
> -want- it. What is it and what's so great about it? And what free software
> replacements are there for it in Windows or Linux? What back-end servers?
Outlook is the sheetz!! rich mail client!! scheduling capability!! =)
You need MS Exchange, HP OpenMail, or Bynari Email Server to take full
advantage of Outlook, otherwise it's just a run-of-the-mill POP3/IMAP
client with a nice HTML renderer (IE plugin, here we come).
> If my suspicions are correct, it is an email and groupware(?) scheduling
> app?
>
> Does StarOffice (EOL-ed) provide these functionalities adequately to act
> as replacement?
You could try Evolution or Balsa. The former is the reputed GNOME "Outlook
Killer." Haven't tried to Red-Carpet it yet.. last version I tried was
crashy and buggy. Besides I use Pine. =)
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