2008/11/28 NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 11/26/2008 03:56 PM, Jerry Fleetwood wrote: > > I'd love to use open office, but, sadly, it seems open office has no > > plans to make a product that works in place of outlook. By "in place > > of" I mean one that works on Microsoft exchange just exactly like > > outlook does. So that I can install it on my work pc and run it and it > > finds all my e-mails and folders and everything contained on the > > exchange server, automatically incorporates the settings needed based on > > my domain login. > > > > > > > > I know, I know. There are a lot of programmers and expert users out > > there who think outlook is a total piece of crap and no one in the right > > mind should ever use it. In my opinion this is ignoring the reality of > > the situation. Every company I've ever worked for since 1998 uses > > outlook. > > And you will find that until recently, Outlook was not included in the > standard MS Office package, but only in the more expensive 'MS Office > Professional' package. I've not checked recently, but I suspect that > this is still the case. > > People want an Office replacement, not a work around. I don't > > see the value of using open office if I can't have all the pieces of the > > office suite work together INCLUDING the e-mail client. > > Then vote with your $$ and *buy* a package that suits your needs. > > a) Forwarding to unsubscribed OP.
b) In addition to NoOp's comments above, if it's a *work* PC why doesn't your employer simply install Outlook on it? None of my employers would have allowed me to use non-company-supported software on *their* PC and wouldn't even have listened to the idea that they should support a non-Microsoft version of Outlook. OpenOffice doesn't care what mail program you use and will cooperate quite happily with Outlook. c) If you have a more tolerant employer than any of mine and want a non-Microsoft solution, why not try Thunderbird (free) from Mozilla ( www.mozilla.org)? The article at http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/30/howto-thunderbird-and-ms-exchange-server/explains in some detail how to make it cooperate with an Exchange server. Google found it for me in response to a search for "Thunderbird Outlook", without the quotes. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
