Steven Boyd wrote:

> I am new to the open source community as well as OpenOffice.

> I have noted that there does not seem to be an Outlook-equivalent
> component (i.e. a mail client) bundled with OpenOffice.

Outlook (a component of M$ Office) is an email client and a PIM.
"Outlook Express" (a component of M$ Windows) is strictly an email
client.

> Am I correct?

Partially.

> If so, can you recommend a reliable open source mail client?

Is that all you want? Or are you looking for an open-source
(or freeware) PIM (Personal Information Manager)?

One good free email client is FoxMail.
V. 6 Beta 
<http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/E-mail-Clients/Foxmail.shtml>
V. 5 <http://www.majorgeeks.com/Foxmail_d2055.html>

The Bat! <www.ritlabs.com/thebat> (shareware) is my main email
client however.

A good free PIM is EccoPro.

This is where you can find the latest version of Ecco:
ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/support/pub/utilities/EC401/Ecco32/
it's the Setup32.exe

The network files are here:
ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/support/pub/utilities/EC401/Ecco32/Network/

The Tutorial is here
ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/support/pub/utilities/EC401/Doc/Tutorial/

The User's Guide is here:
ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/support/pub/utilities/EC401/Doc/Tutorial/getstart.pdf

And a Tech Note is here:
ftp://ftp.netmanage.com/support/pub/utilities/EC401/Doc/Technote/technote.pdf


There are a number of mutual help discussion groups for The Bat! and
EccoPro and an effort is being made to acquire the source code for
the latter and make it public.

Hope that helps.

-- 

Douglas Hinds

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