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    Outlook Alternative

    Hi there,

    Which email client would you recommend as an alternative to Office Outlook (not the express version). I need to connect to an Exchange server

    Any help welcome

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    assuming there's a windows port.

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    and assuming the exchange server has the web access enabled
    It is Inevitable.....


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    mozilla thunderbird

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    how are youy planning on connecting to exchange ?

    if you want to use MAPI then your choice is pretty limited.

    if you want to use IMAP/ POP3 then thunderbird is fine , but you'll loose a lot of the extra functionality.

    which version of exchange are you trying to connect to ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Allen
    Seconded.
    Only if you NEVER intend on going back to outlook.

    I tried and lost 3 years worth of e-mails, contacts etcetera.

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    I'm happy with thunderbird for my home mail , but Outlook 2003 works so much better with exchange 2003 that it would daft not to use it.
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    thunderbird, didnt like outlook
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    I dont acutally like thunderbird that much, but i havent found anyhting better...so i use it
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    Evolution in linux, but for windoze I've not found an alternative to Outlook 2003 that has the same functionality & feature set.
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    @Moby-Dick: Well it's for connecting to an old exchange 5 ... lol - i know, it's very old I'm not going to use all the features of exchange. In fact, I will only need to use the "email" feature. Will Thunderbird do the job in this particular case?

    @Everyone: Outlook Express & Thunderbird are email clients that I use at home.

    Thanks for the input

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    I dont think exchange 5.5 supports imap - but as long as you are happy with pop3 then it should be doable with thunderbird.
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    I'll give it a go 2morrow @ work Thanks for the replies

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    5.5 supports imap, but contacts lookup over ldap is a nightmare to set up. so your preference really - your sysadmin should prefer imap4 over pop3. good way to get your contacts and initial e-mail across is to use exmerge to export your mail store to a pst, then import it. i'm sure t'bird will support pst import (it's well documented) to get everything across in the first place.

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