[Kroupware] Re: Email client for windows

[Bo Thorsen]

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On Friday 20 June 2003 12:39, Jon Bendtsen wrote:
> Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
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> > Developing a Free Software plugin for Outlook would be a
> > comprehensive job to do. IMHO, investing such Free Software man power
> > (if available at all) should better be spend into developing an
> > alternative Kolab-enabled MUA (if spent for Windows at all).
>
> I dont think the trouble would be that big... Why not start with
> a MUA that already works on windows (and other platforms)?
> I'm thinking about the mozilla MUA. How much trouble was it to
> extend kmail to the kolab client?

It was a big job to get it completely done, but it could be that the 
mozilla client is easier, if it's already got integrated components.

I keep hoping the mozilla people will pick it up.

> > A Kolab-web client is an interesting compromise that should require
> > a reasonable efford.
>
> the problem with a web-client is that you need online access.
> With a standalone you could take an offline backup of the imap
> server. Outlook can do this, so why not kolab clientS.

Yes, this is also what KMail does now (that was part of the project). And 
AFAIK, mozilla already has disconnected IMAP.

Bo.

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     Senior Software Engineer   |   5290 Marslev
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