Re: [WinMac] RE: NT e-mail access from Macs

Nishimura, Scott(Scott.Nishimura[at]trw.com)
Fri, 6 Nov 1998 09:33:57 -0800

I concur with Ian. The Mac client had so many holes in it
that we decided to deploy Netscape (IMAP for email, OWA for
calendar) instead. The Exchange server is really geared
towards an all-PC environment, IMHO, and to deploy it in
a fully heterogeneous setting is asking for trouble. It's
doable but not very pretty and it increases the support
demands.

Scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierce, Ian [mailto:PierceI@stripes.osd.mil]
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 1998 7:21 AM
> Subject: RE: [WinMac] RE: NT e-mail access from Macs
>
>
> >Sorry for not noticing the "client side solution" line
> before replying
> >to your post.
> >
> >Chris is absolutely right, if you already have Exchange Server
> >in the NT
> >lab, the only thing you need to add is the Outlook (not
> outlook express
> >though, but rather Outlook Exchange) in the Macs and you'll
> be able to
> >share e-mails, folders, address books and schedules seamlessly.
>
> I ask the list: Has ANYONE out there experienced the
> "seamless" sharing of
> schedules between Mac and PC, or even the smooth operation of
> Outlook for
> Macintosh?
>
> Cesar, my experience is that Microsoft's Outlook for
> Macintosh, Exchange
> Server Edition is a buggy program which my Mac users hate.
> The "schedule"
> does not look like a calendar; it looks like an in-box full
> of emails, each
> of which have to be clicked on and opened to get details like
> the date and
> time of the meeting, and who's attending.
>
> Sometimes, when trying to open an email, Mac users see a
> message which reads
> "The item could not be displayed. You have exceeded the
> maximum amount of
> text." This on a 2K message. Microsoft has a "fix" in their
> knowledge
> base, article Q189930, which worked on one Mac and made outlook quit
> unexpectedly with a type 3 error on another Mac.
>
> (Also look at article Q179110 if you're serious about
> installing Outlook for
> Mac. These are the sort of mystery problems you're up against.)
>
> Somewhere in Microsoft's documentation that comes with Outlook for
> Macintosh, they state that the function of the program is
> (paraphrasing
> here) "to ease the transition from a multi-platform
> environment to a 32-bit
> Windows environment." That pretty much sums up the usefulness of the
> program for me--force this on your Mac users and you will see
> them flock to
> PCs to get their email. A few of my users have both a Mac
> and PC on their
> desks, with pretty much the same software. They use the PC
> for email and
> web surfing and the Mac for Quark, Illustrator, PhotoShop,
> and everything
> else.
>
> To sum up: Outlook for Macintosh is lousy. Avoid it.
>

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