Microsoft Outlook alternatives

[superfly]

I use K ontact (meh, had to put a space because otherwise the forums think I'm swearing!) on Kubuntu. With KDE now available for Windows and OS X, you can run K ontact on both those OSes as well. K ontact includes e-mail, calendar, address book, journal, to-do, RSS feeds, time tracker, and almost anything else that is a KDE KPart.

I currently connect to the Exchange server at work via IMAP, but apparently MAPI support is almost there, and I could integrate with LDAP/ActiveDirectory if I felt the need to do so.

 

[K3NS31]

Here's my problem, don't know a solution, so if anyone has one, please tell me.

1. We need to store emails and be able to retrieve them easily, without having to load backups, but rather by pointing to the archived directory.
2. We need to store at least 2 years worth of emails.
3. The email folders / files tend to get to the point where outlook / outlook express won't open rather quickly (over 2Gb).


4. We need to be able to insert XLS docs etc into the email body.

If we use Outlook express, then as the file gets bigger, the risk of losing everything increases dramatically. If using outlook, it doesn't lose the data, it just refuses to open the file. If we use Thunderbird, it's a little unwieldy and doesn't seem to work equally well across platforms (Win 2K, Win 2003 Server, XP, Win 7).

Used to use Eudora, but newer versions aren't that hot.

Does anybody recommend anything ?

Why not just use Gmail?
You can link into your mailbox via Outlook/Express/Thunderbird/Evolution etc. using IMAP or POP and you get free archival from the nice people at Google.

Back on topic, + more on why didn't Evolution get a mention in the article? AND seriously, why do u even need an email client? Gmail does everything except sync to phones.

 

[MidnightWizard]

Confidential

Why not just use Gmail ?
Gmail does everything except sync to phones.

Perhaps the email data is sensitive company info and the OP wants to retain control over it .
Rather than GOOGLE



MW

 

[Kloofvreter]

Am a bit surprised that Evolution got no mention....it is the default mail client on a few Linux OSes.

I'm happy with Evolution, very much like Outlook and works very well.

I wish Outlook was available on Linux...cos it is the king of email clients, just as Exchange is king of mail servers.

Last time I tried Evolution it wouldn't connect to Exchange 2007.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Been using Outlook for ages, and it does all I want and more.

Same here

 

[K3NS31]

Same here

kinda missing the point, aren't you guys? Not everyone can or wants to pay for Outlook, that's why the article says "Alternatives"

 

[K3NS31]

Perhaps the email data is sensitive company info and the OP wants to retain control over it .
Rather than GOOGLE



MW

If you're not encrypting your email then it's not secure no matter where it's stored, so it really doesn't matter.

 

[JerryMungo]

I use K ontact (meh, had to put a space because otherwise the forums think I'm swearing!) on Kubuntu. With KDE now available for Windows and OS X, you can run K ontact on both those OSes as well. K ontact includes e-mail, calendar, address book, journal, to-do, RSS feeds, time tracker, and almost anything else that is a KDE KPart.

I currently connect to the Exchange server at work via IMAP, but apparently MAPI support is almost there, and I could integrate with LDAP/ActiveDirectory if I felt the need to do so.

What exactly can you do with KDE on Windoze?