MS compatible MUAs [was Re: evolution weirdness]

Mark Haney mhaney at ercbroadband.org
Thu Jun 21 12:44:54 UTC 2007


Andrew Kelly wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 09:55 +0100, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote: 
>> Ter, 2007-06-19 às 00:27 +0100, Alan Cox escreveu:
>>> Part of the answer is to take evolution, throw it away.
>> I agree with this BUT...
>>
>>>  There are
>>> multiple good mail clients for Linux and evolution. Yes evolution looks
>>> like microsoft outlook,
>> Most multiple good mail clients are just that: mail clients.
>>
>> Evolution doesn't just look like Microsoft Outlook, it provides some
>> quite useful features if you work in a Microsoft dominated corporate
>> network, even without using the brain-dead connector.
>>
>>
>>
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Are there other MUAs that one can run in Linux that can connect to an 
> Exchange server, other that Evolution? I also am marooned in an MS dominated
> LAN with the need to access corporate mail. I also use Evolution, as much as 
> I would prefer something quicker and more reliable (and for God's sake, more
> capable of sensible exportation). But what are the alternative?
> 
> Andy
> 

We use Exchange here, and most everyone uses Exchange for us geeks who
use Linux with Thunderbird and IMAPS on the server.  It's been rock
solid for the 2 years we've had it in place.


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Mark Haney
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