Re: Writing a GNOME mail client.

["Jesse D . Sightler" <jsight mindspring com>]

Exchange supports POP/IMAP.  Therefore, fetchmail can access it.  Simple, eh?

Calendaring integration, however, is another issue, and really ought to be addressed.

On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 08:31:46 Ronald de Man wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 1999 at 02:15:43PM +0200, Erik Bagfors wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 17, 1999 at 09:31:28AM -0700, bob@kehs.ksd.org wrote:
> > > > no, an exchange server would be a bad idea... a calander or a address book
> > > > server (maby even a bookmark server) would be a good thing but reinventing
> > > > the wheel is a bad thing... imap/pop works just fine so there is no reason
> > > > to make the grave mistake microsoft made when they made exchange...
> > > 
> > > Maybe so, but why not also support an existing standard, if at all possible.
> > > Lots of large organisations and companies happen to use Exchange Server,
> > > and I'm afraid it will take a few more Melissa's before they switch.
> > > 
> > 
> > With "existing standard" I hope you mean imap/pop and the like.  If you mean Excange Server you are not talking about standards.  Just because ms wrote it doesn't make it a standard.  They usualy brake standards.
> 
> Ok, I guess all uses of the word 'standard' here should be replaced by
> 'protocol'. Unless IMAP/POP have been officially standardized (I have
> no idea about that). IMAP/POP are open, Exchange Server is not.
> 
> I'm all for open protocols, but fact is that thousands of potential
> Gnome users are stuck with Exchange Server at work.
> 
> If possible (and if fetchmail can talk to Exchange Server, it is possible),
> we should enable Microsoft and Intel employees to switch to Gnome and still
> be able to read mail. What is the problem with that?
> 
> Ronald
> 
> 
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