On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 13:21 -0700, Bryan.ONeal@asu.edu wrote:
> At the risk of being shot
> 
> Sadly, IF you have access to an exchange server, AND you run windows, AND all
> your coworkers are doing the same, THEN Outlook ends up being one of the best
> PIMs out their...  Sadly most people satisfy the last two if not the first
> requirement.
> 
> Speaking of which, I do not need to interface with others, Nor do I need a
> handheld (palm/handspring, iPaq, etc) conduit, but I do need a good PIM that
> will
> 1) Read and outlook .pst file for calendar, Contacts, Mail, etc.
> 2) Run on OS X, and FC2 (or any other Linux dist), and I would prefer a
> windows version... but it is not needed
> 3) Do all those standard address book / contact list, calendaring (VCard
> support would be nice), task lists (with reminders), mail (with good rule
> processing), etc.
> 
> I would also like it to be able to synch to a remote directory but again, this
> is not really needed.
> 
> So, in essence I am looking for an Outlook replacement without the need to
> work with others (Exchange server) or synch with a handheld.
----
read pst files is a killer requirement. They are bastardized containers
of dissimilar items and as far as I know, not a documented format. I've
seen them explode in truly imaginative ways.

Evolution does some of that on Linux - don't know that there's anything
like that on OSX or Windows.

Craig

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