[CS-FSLUG] Outlook addiction (was: Verizon)

[Steven Fricke]

FWIW,

Novell (previously Ximian) Evolution is good for Outlook users.  does
stationary,though in Evolution it is called a template. It is VERY
outlook like, and can even hook up with an Exchange server if needed.

Most of the Outlook people I moved to Evolution have been perfectly
content. I have one user that prefers KMail, but he prefers text mail
anyway.

Hmmm. Not to often I say things like "Evolution is good"...

Steven

On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 23:02, Jerry VB wrote:
> Thnks for your comments Leon. My wife's main question when I try to get her to
> use a Linux email client is: "Can I still use all of my cute stationary?" She is
> addicted to html email which all of her "'net" buddies send each other. I think
> they all try to out-cute each other, LOL! Her main issue is that she can't look
> up some cute stationary on the net, click on 'Install', and have it
> automatically installed into her stationary directory. So, I've amost given up
> on converting her. But, I have told her that Win2K is the END of the Windows
> line for our household. I *WILL NOT* but a copy of XP. So, she knows the end of
> the road is coming sooner or later.
> 
> What if I try her on Lindows?
> 
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 12:18:31PM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 07:30, Jerry VB wrote:
> > > My wife is just to Outlook Express dependent to let me convert her
> > > to anything else.
> > 
> > Try KMail, particularly the one from KDE 3.2 or later which has all of 
> > the contact stuff to.
> > 
> > I hate to mention it, but Outlook also runs under any recent WINE. 
> > There's even specific code in there to *not* honour any spawn requests 
> > from programs called "outlook.exe". (-:
> > 
> > > I tried to get her to use Mozilla Mail once. She threw a fit,
> > 
> > I can understand that. I have one Windows-using customer whose only 
> > sticking point is Outlook. I tried him on Mozilla Mail 'coz it ran 
> > under MS-Windows too, and while it's a pretty reasonable email client 
> > by itself, it lacks a couple of key features that the guy relies on. 
> > One is a little flag to say that a particular email has been replied 
> > to. I haven't tried again since.
> > 
> > To get him to try KMail, I'd more or less have to run it under Linux, 
> > which would be too cumbersome as a dual-boot and too difficult to 
> > reverse if not.
> > 
> > I note that ThunderBird imports *everything* from Outlook. You might 
> > want to have a quiet look at that.
> > 
> > Personally, Outlook drives me nuts. There's so much that it simply can't 
> > do, or does very badly.
> > 
> > Cheers; Leon
> > 
> > -- 
> > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. -- 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 
> > KJV
> > 
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