Yes, it wouldn't find all of my folders. Only Inbox, nothing under it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bret Baptist [mailto:bbaptist at iexposure.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 12:46 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] ms outlook under WINE? > > > Have you tried using the Mozilla IMAP client yet? I have no > idea if it would > be fast enough for you, but it is worth a try. > > Bret. > > > > > On Thursday 06 December 2001 11:16 am, you wrote: > > > I don't know if this helps or not, but I just read that IBM is > > > producing a Domino server that is supposed to "play well with > > > Outlook". I think if I remember correctly it's based on Linux. > > > > Have you used Domino though? I have, it sucks bigtime. > > > > Anyway, I just need something to run under linux that will > play well > > with exchange and use all of the scheduling features, and handle my > > enormous mailbox. Every single IMAP client I try either seg faults > > halfway through grabbing my message headers, is abysmally slow, or > > doesn't find all of my folders. > > > > Jay > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Austad, Jay [mailto:austad at marketwatch.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 12:54 PM > > > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > > > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] ms outlook under WINE? > > > > > > > Wow. why in the world would a person need/want/think about 50K > > > > messages in a mailbox? > > > > > > I'm on many different mailing lists for various software > packages, > > > security lists, and other things. Plus, I get several hundred > > > emails a week from people I work with on various issues. I get > > > nearly 1000 messages a day, and most get deleted. I > delete what I > > > can do without, but I really need to keep as much around > as possible > > > in case I need to look back on it. I lost about 3 months of mail > > > from late 1999, and I find myself needing to go back and > find stuff > > > from then fairly often. My mailbox tends to act as my memory > > > for almost all of my work related stuff. If I delete > > > something, chances are I will forget the details of it 3 > months later. > > > > > > One of the Kmail developers told me that Outlook uses > IMAP to pull > > > mail from an exchange server, but I think he's wrong. Outlook > > > connects to ports 1225 and 1226 on the exchange server, > not the IMAP > > > port. Exchange sends notifications to the client when new mail > > > arrives also, with IMAP, you have to check every few minutes. > > > Having the scheduling, mail, task lists, and other things all > > > together is actually nice once you've gotten used to it. I'm much > > > more productive now that I was at my last company where we had > > > separate systems for everything, and no integrated scheduling. I > > > think the concept of Exchange/Lotus Notes is right, but the > > > implementations suck. Outlook is bloated and slow, Exchange > > > is buggy, Notes just plain sucks ass in all respects (except > > > for the "runs on Solaris" part). PHPGroupware is nice, but > > > the requirement of a web interface to use it sucks, although, > > > I think they are working on a KDE or GNOME client that just > > > pulls and posts XML in the background. > > > > > > Isn't The Kompany working on an integrated system for > Aethera? Or > > > was that the gnome people for Evolution? Right now, there are no > > > open standards for this type of thing, and there needs to > be. Even > > > better, whatever kind of server that ends up getting > developed for > > > linux needs to have some sort of connector to MS Exchange so > > > companies could have a nice easy migration path, instead of just > > > tearing out one system and replacing it with another. > And it also > > > needs to have some sort of clustering/redundancy built in. Notes > > > and Exchange have a rather poor implementation of clustering, but > > > it does work, and it will most likely save your ass if one of > > > the servers dies/crashes/explodes. I know I wouldn't > > > implement any kind of mailserver solution in a large > > > corporate environment without some sort of failover > > > (preferably transparent). Failover should be easy, just > > > replicate every database transaction to your standby server, > > > and use tools from the linuxHA project to do the actual > > > failover monitoring. I don't know how easy it is to > > > replicate both ways, but if it was easy, setting up a cluster > > > using the linux virtual server would be fairly trivial also. > > > > > > Bah, enough of my ranting. I have work to do. In fact, > work to do > > > on mailservers, something which I'm quite sick of. > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > duncan > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > > > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- > Bret Baptist > Systems and Technical Support Specialist > bbaptist at iexposure.com > Internet Exposure, Inc. > http://www.iexposure.com > > (612)676-1946 x17 > Web Development-Web Marketing-ISP Services > ------------------------------------------ > > -- Missiles of ligneous or osteal consistency have the > potential of fracturing osseous structure, but appellations > will eternally remain innocuous. > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >