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Alternative to Entourage
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Does anyone know of an alternative to Entourage 2008 for Exchange compatibility in Mac OS X? Entourage is literally the worst application I've ever installed on my Mac. If it's running, all other apps get unusable. It's the worst processor hog I've ever seen. Awful, awful application. (Have I gone on long enough?)
SMTP isn't opened up on the firewall, so IMAP solutions aren't viable.
Any other ideas? I've been using a remote desktop to a Vista machine at work and a virtual XP machine at home. It's sad that an entire OS + Outlook still runs better than Entourage 2008 on my MBP.
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"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." - Winston Churchill
MacBook Pro 17" 2.33 GHz - (mine)
MacBook Pro 15" 1.83 GHz - (wife)
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Thanks! I'm downloading now.
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Last edited by CorpITGuy; Jan 29, 2009 at 09:55 AM.
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"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." - Winston Churchill
MacBook Pro 17" 2.33 GHz - (mine)
MacBook Pro 15" 1.83 GHz - (wife)
Pair of iPhones
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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It looks like that plug is not shipped by default with Evolution since it's still a work-in-progress and isn't stable yet, so hopefully the Exchange server you use has OWA enabled?
Here is a little tutorial on getting Evolution to work this way:
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/trench/16234.html
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Thanks. OWA is turned on, but for some reason "Exchange" isn't a setup option when configuring a new account. I guess I'll need to hit up Google and see if I can find an answer.
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"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." - Winston Churchill
MacBook Pro 17" 2.33 GHz - (mine)
MacBook Pro 15" 1.83 GHz - (wife)
Pair of iPhones
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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How does Evolution run on the Mac via X11? I currently use Thunderbird for just a few IMAP accounts so that would be my point of comparison with Evolution.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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I haven't tried it Cold Warrior, I just know it to be an Outlook clone, but I wouldn't be surprised if it provided better Exchange support than Entourage. I've read stuff about its support breaking between releases of either Exchange server or the client itself, but then again the rate of improvement of Entourage is so incredibly slow that it might make sense to bail on it. From what I can gather the iPhone's Exchange support is much better in comparison to Entourage, which is rather ironic.
Then again, I think Entourage sucks in general, so maybe I'm just biased.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Sep 2003
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To say Entourage sucks isn't just your opinion, besson3c. It's an irrefutable statement of absolute fact. Entourage is possibly the worst application on the platform. There are trojans that I'd rather have on my computer.
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"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." - Winston Churchill
MacBook Pro 17" 2.33 GHz - (mine)
MacBook Pro 15" 1.83 GHz - (wife)
Pair of iPhones
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Union County, NJ
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I've been using Entourage for years. Never once had an issue with it.
That said, it needs....something. An update, a facelift...something. I'm bored with it. There's nothing technically wrong with it, but I feel there should be something better than this.
And before people yell "Mail.app!", it doesn't do three-pane viewing, and that Letterbox plugin hasn't been updated in two years.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: planning a comeback !
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Doesn't Snow Leopard come with full Exchange compatibility ?
Maybe worth the wait...
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Northern California--SF Bay Area
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I have tried a ton of email programs at it seems none of them work for me! So now, I'm just sticking with the GMail online client and have 4 Google Notifiers.
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Chris K.
White MacBook and iPod Nano 3rd Generation
Experienced Mac User
Don't hold me accountable for jokes-I have a lousy sense of humor!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Thunderbird 3 beta is very nice, I like it. I just wish it had built in redirect support...
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Does Thunderbird 3 support Exchange natively, or does it need a plugin in order to support it?
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