Re: [SLE] Convert to Outlook from Mozilla/Thunderbird

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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:11:29 -0400
To: SuSE-Linux-E@suse.com

> By the way Carl Spitzer's "Out[of]Luck" play on "Outlook" works for me,
> too.
>
> > John
>
>
> Randall Schulz

As well as LookOut Distress for the other MS mail client, also
courtesy of Mark Minasi.
 

Moving on.

The powers that be at the university made the grand decision that
everyone needs to collaborate with every department on every campus
not knowing (or not caring) that not all depts didn't use Exchange.
The powers that be in my part of campus (the lower higher ups if you
will) then decided no pop and no imap, mapi only. Great choice there,
yeah. They then went on to deny access to owa if you're on campus
which means no Evolution for me or any other reader that uses owa to
get to Exchage via mapi. So, I've been backed into Outlook. I
presented my arguments why this was bad; showed them monthly/yearly
reports of the Top Ten virii and the affected platform/mail app (care
to guess, one chance only), how just running Exchange doesn't
guarantee collaboration with another Exchange server (different
forests) unless you cough up some cash (Exchange connector), the
outlay of cash to get AD/Exchange and all the licensing and the
Exchange connectors. All of it ignored. My dept. head basically just
told me to shut up and don't draw attention to the dept. Doesn't want
to be known for causing "trouble". Whatever. I told them that when
this goes south, and it will, I want something to say I told you so. I
have kept every email, meeting notes, and research that I have done to
CYA. I tried pitching OpenXchange, Groupwise, Netmail, etc., etc.
All of it on deaf ears.

So, I've told them I'm not moving my box from Linux, I refuse, I use
for too much in my day to day job. Fortunately, I've got a Citrix
box, I just need to migrate my mail from Mozilla to Outlook somehow
along with about 20 or so others.

<rant>
Fortunately I'm not alone in my misery (since it loves company), all
the Mac users are in the same corner with me. A few have clout, so
I'm trying to start a mutiny. We're the ones that cause little to no
problems with regards to security, networking, yada, yada, but we're
treated as if we're the problem instead of their ill advised, not
planned out solution being the problem. Well, I guess we are the
problem to their solution is their viewpoint. "How come you use that
OS/application instead of Microsoft?" Oh, maybe because I like to get
actual work done without having to worry about some malware or the OS
or app killing my box and costing me hours or days. I swear they're
like zombies. If only it was possible to scan people to see if they a
bot installed. "Oh sorry, you've got a MS bot installed. You're
technical opinion means nothing to me." Oh well, longsuffering and
all that goes with it.
</rant>

John

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