Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:02:01 +0200 From: Kristian Rink <afterimage@gmx.net> To: Tatsu <tatsu@rpg.pl>, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Win to FreeBSD in company Message-ID: <20030825120201.1cda69a8.afterimage@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <47113092538.20030821211436@rpg.pl> References: <47113092538.20030821211436@rpg.pl>
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Hi there,... On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:14:36 +0200 Tatsu <tatsu@rpg.pl> wrote: > Hello freebsd-newbies, >=20 > I got a job and spent 2 weeks on winxp. Now I want to transfer > to FreeBSD but got two problems: > 1. Company's inside mail is on MS Exchange 5.5 (is going to > change to 2000 soon. And all managers and workers contact > through it. So my question is - is there any free (maybe GPL) > mail klient that uses MAPI ? (checked - no pop3 and smtp service Though there are several clients allowing connections to the (in some fields basically broken) POP3 implementation of Exchange, I guess you'll have a hard time finding a free / open source software package connecting to MAPI. Basically, MAPI is a highly proprietary protocol Exchange and Outlook are using not only for transferring e-mails but also for all the other stuff you might want to do with Exchange (centralized appointment scheduling and groupware working, for example). Given that, you might=20 (a) want to set up your Exchange host to at least support standardized e-mail protocols like POP3 and SMTP - if you're the admin of that box, this shouldn't be too difficult, given that you still can't use the groupware/scheduling stuff, (b) check for some commercial MAPI connectors for free software (IIRC, there is one by ximian made for the evolution mailreader). > working on exchange) 2. I need a good stable web browser that > have no problems with different technology like java, flash etc. > For example SAP marketplace site and Tivoli www administration > tool got problems with some elements. Dunno about both SAP and Tivoli but about the web frontends of several document managemt systems we are working with, and by now I am happily using Mozilla|Firebird on both Win32 and *BSD/Linux without any trouble. :) Cheers, Kris --=20 unschuldig? nicht verd=E4chtig? unbeobachtet? vergi=DF es ... gegen eine gesellschaft der totalen =FCberwachung - aufwachen und mitmachen: http://www.stop1984.org
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