Ok din yon, kaya lang diba may partnership na sila sa Eudora.
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Anthony A. Martinez wrote:
> Anyone using Opera 5 e-mail client ?
>
> Mike Blancas wrote:
>
> > Sayang nga yung HP OpenMail. Why don't you let them try Netscape 4.7x
> > messenger, or Mozilla Mail. These two products have the features most end
> > users are looking for in a mail client like filtering, address book,
> > pop3/imap access, newsgroups etc.
> >
> > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, eric pareja wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Mike Blancas wrote:
> > >
> > > > Evolution looks very much like Outlook (in terms of look and feel), I
> > > > don't know with regards to bugs =). Try imp and the other stuff provided
> > > > by the horde people. I think your co-workers are looking for outlook is
> > > > because they're accustomed to the program.
> > >
> > > The odd thing is, we haven't officially deployed Outlook, neither have we
> > > deployed MS Exchange (we don't have any NT servers at enterprise level).
> > > So they can hardly be accustomed to it. I suppose that what they are after
> > > is email with file attachment integration and scheduling (individual and
> > > group) features. I may have come from outside the third rock from the sun
> > > in a sense since I don't know what Outlook has been marketed as being able
> > > to do. I am inclined to believe that my colleagues read the ads and
> > > marketing material and swallow hook-line-and-sinker. Or perhaps they've
> > > tinkered with Outlook Express behind my back. :)
> > >
> > > I have already deployed IMP, but the other Horde project applications
> > > haven't really matured enough. Though I'm considering adopting the Horde
> > > framework for developing groupware type applications, I want to know what
> > > the office crowd is really clamoring for before I sink my teeth into
> > > writing for anything.
> > >
> > > The other strong candidate for web based groupware apps is phpgroupware.
> > > But like I just said, I really need to know what the horde is after. :)
> > >
> > > I've installed Evolution but it just wasn't ready when I tried it. Same
> > > with Balsa. I really have little need for a GUI email client since pine or
> > > mutt meets those needs adequately. Yun nga lang talaga, hindi para sa akin
> > > yung hinahanap ko.
> > >
> > > I visited the bookstores early this evening to see what titles there are
> > > about the topic and I noted that there seems to be a strong dependence
> > > between Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server (siyempre). Is this yet
> > > another case where you have an embrace-and-extend scenario shutting out
> > > competition. I understand that Outlook can work with IMAP or POP servers,
> > > but to make the most of it, you will have to deploy at least one MS
> > > Exchange server. The talk on other lists tells me that the licensing
> > > schedule for deploying this might be beyond the budget of money-strapped
> > > institutions or even small offices. Or am I mistaken?
> > >
> > > HP had dumped continuing development on their Exchange Server workalike
> > > and I recall Bruce Perens writing that it would have been difficult to
> > > open source that product because of all the licensing entanglements (this
> > > is the sense that I got) that have to be straightened out before it could
> > > even be released. The cost-benefit did not make any good business sense,
> > > so HP dropped the product.
> > >
> > > It will be a long way before Linux makes real inroads into the desktop of
> > > the average office. The applications have to be there before the end-user
> > > will take to it. In the meantime, I will continue to search for server
> > > based apps that help "tie" people together and meet their needs. Which is
> > > basically what this job is all about.
> > >
> > > Disclaimer: This post was written without thorough research and may
> > > contain erroneous facts. It is based primarily on the author's current
> > > state of craziness.
> > >
> > > ___ eric pareja ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ~-=[O]=-~ Here, have a clue. Get the picture.
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> > > v "Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."
> > > - Lady Galadriel in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings"
> > >
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