any open source email progs to complement open office?

minofifa · General User Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 5

hi everybody,
i have just stumbled upon open office and i think it great. it takes a bit of getting used to over office XP but i am wiiling to make the shift. one thing that i like about the whole windows/microsoft stranglehold is that email / internet is nicely integreated into microsoft office. are there any open source email or internet browsers that you like to use that work better with open office?

Kaaredyret · Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

http://www.kaaredyret.dk/freesoftware.html

Look at this URL... look for Firefox (browser) and Thunderbird (e-mail) and all of the other programs that are.. free!
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minofifa · General User Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 5

cool, thanks for the reply.

well i downloaded the mozilla sweet and i do like the browser but.....
i think i'm just gonna stick with microsoft for web based stuff. although I like the new ideas that other companies come up with, nothing beats syncronization of IE, outlook and hotmail. The deciding facotr for me was how i could not set up hotmail as an account in thunderbird, that is a HUGE time waster for me.

ftack · Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:54 am Post subject:

Switching softwasre is very much a matter of habbit, and because you are confortable with your current software, a switch may be a bit hard. For me also, it wasn't very easy, but now, I'd never go back. The Hotmail issue is an example of MS locking you in. They offer e-mail client access through their own email client only. However, open source has solutions to connect to various web mail systems using whatever email client.

http://www.freepops.org/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hotpop3/
http://mrpostman.sourceforge.net/
http://hotwayd.sourceforge.net/news.php

CdBee · Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:00 am Post subject:

You'll find very soon that MS will demand a fee for Hotmail over Outlook

Whereas Gmail over Thunderbird will remain free and more secure

bobharvey · Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:18 am Post subject:

CdBee · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 1:37 pm Post subject:

yawn., google state on the gmail site that pop access will always be free

hol.sten · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject:

Estel · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject:

Google are different in that they've shown that they can make a *lot* of revenue, and they are (seemingly) doing so through GMail. Pretty much all of Google's other services are entirely free to the client (even Picasa), so I don't see why they'll charge for Gmail.

hol.sten · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject:

draude · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject: