RE: Replacement for Outlook

["Gale Stafford" <gstafford -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Do you need to use all of Outlook's features, including the tasks, the
calendar, contacts, etc?

I've found the Thunderbird mail client to be OK but not great as a
replacement for Outlook's email functionality. Actually I used Thunderbird
for a few months and switched back to Outlook. 

Outlook is, in a nutshell, just a whole lot easier for me to use. Though I
might go back and try Thunderbird in six months or so, to see how much it
has improved.

Gale Stafford
http://gstafford.com

-----Original Message-----
[stuff clipped here] On Behalf Of John Posada
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 9:45 AM
To: List,Techwriter
Subject: Replacement for Outlook

Hi, guys...I'm doing more and more working telecommuting. I've been
granted VPN access to the company (not an easy thing for a contractor
around here) and are pretty much able to come and go as I please.
However, one of the things I need to do is get some type of program
on my laptop that will access the company mail system.

We use Outlook. Before I go and buy a copy of Outlook, dod anyone
know if there is an Open Source equiv to Outlook? I'd need as close a
replacement as I can get.

Any tips?

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

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