On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 12:22:23PM +0100, Laurie Brown wrote:
Exchange is fully proprietary, and doesn't run IMAP. You're restricted to Outlook as a client. Note too that it's impossible to restore individual
Not 100% correct, the old version 5.5 of exchange does support IMAP (may be a plugin though) and does support pop3 etc. So you are not restricted to Outlook as a client. If you have Exchange 2000 with web access enabled you could buy the proprietary plugin for evolution from Ximian which will allow you to do calendar sharing etc. with Outlook users which may be handy. If you only want mail access then make sure the people who set it up leave pop and imap turned on (you will have to check out the imap status yourself) and preferably web access which means you could even use a browser to get your email.
Of course the rest of what Laurie says is correct, Exchange is very nasty and I really hate it, of course there is no other "all in one package" that I know of right now (apart from Lotus Notes) but then I don't see why you have to make groupware and email the same thing.
I think you should point out to your management that going the exchange route is not a great idea.
Adam