On 13-Mar-2003/06:36 -0500, Kevin MacNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:27:14AM -0600, Jim Hale wrote: >> I'm using RH 8.0, Wine is set to load by default. How hard is it, or >> is it even possible to install things like OutlookXP (2003) or other >> Windows apps? I mean, I know it's supposed to be possible with Wine, >> but how practical is it? > >It's more practical to run evolution (ximian.com/products/evolution), >which is an outlook clone but without the viruses. If you need to >connect to an exchange server with all that entails, then check out >Ximian Connector at the same site.
I seem to remember (as another poster noted) that the XP Office apps license prohibits running on non-native platforms. No great loss IMHO. Evo works pretty well for basic mail/PIM needs. I used it daily for about a year in a job where the Exchange server was setup to allow IMAP for mail and LDAP for address lookups. Their SMTP relay was broken, so I used a local sendmail that was setup to listen only on localhost (the default). If IMAP and LDAP are not enabled on your Exchange server, then you could use Outlook Web Access (OWA) or get the Ximian Connector. I used OWA at another job for about a year, and it was okay because email was not critical for me at the time. The only real pain was having to use Outlook and Outlook Express on a winbox every few months to download updated GAL data to import into my local LDAP server. >As for other windows apps, it's more practical to find a native linux >replacement. In my opinion, anyway. I wholeheartedly agree. If there are winapps that you cannot do without, then I recommend you run Windows. Running important apps in a non-native environment is seldom worth the trouble. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
