2008/11/28 Harold Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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. >
This time I've remembered to include the unsubscribed OP's address in the cc: list. Sorry for the duplication. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
