[CS-FSLUG] Help Me Keep Outlook Out (of My Church's Office)

[Christopher Rose]

Perhaps that best approach, rather that to look for a different software suite, is to explain to the new administrator the various problems that can, and likely will, arise with running windozes and ms outlock (I say outlock for I was often locked out of my e-mail on outlook, back when I ran windoze98).

Somehow I think the art of negotiation is the better approach. Not all solutions need be software.

In Christ,

Christopher

P.S. I have found that the Red Hat Evolution Suite works much better than Outlock ever did, though I choose not to use it.

----- Original Message -----
From: Timothy R.Butler <tbutler at uninetsolutions.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:33:22 -0500
To: A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group. <Christiansource at ofb.biz>
Subject: [CS-FSLUG] Help Me Keep Outlook Out (of My Church's Office)

> My church's office currently has two users using Outlook, two using 
> Outlook Express and two using Thunderbird. Our new office administrator 
> wants to replace the Outlook Express and Thunderbird installs with more 
> copies of Outlook... and, I think, get a server to run Exchange on. 
> This, obviously, is the opposite direction I was hoping we'd move it -- 
> it just means more security issues, and probably more broken systems 
> for me to repair.
> 
>   So, I need your help, ASAP. Does anyone know of a good groupware 
> solution that will provide functionality comparable to Outlook with 
> Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Calendar? Or barring a Mozilla 
> solution, some other Outlook alternative for Windows. What I mean is 
> that we need shared calendars, shared address books, etc. The server 
> can run GNU/Linux or something else, but the clients must be Windows. 
> It must be as easy to use (or nearly as easy) as Outlook.
> 
>   Is there such a solution? I don't think OpenGroupware or Kolab work 
> with Mozilla to provide what needs to be provided, but correct me if 
> I'm wrong. I can't imagine having to deal with a Microsoft server and a 
> bunch of easily broken into Windows XP systems at church -- that would 
> be a mess!
> 
>   Help!
> 
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