mail server/webmail

[Jason Garrett]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 13:49, Jon Radel <jon at radel.com> wrote:

> Polytropon wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:39:26 -0700, Liontaur <liontaur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>
>  I'd like to be able
>>> to sync the mail with outlook express also.
>>>
>>
>> Maybe you can get Redmond to give you the source code of
>> their... erm... stuff, so you can see how to interact
>> with it. :-)
>>
>
> At least one person here, and it may well be me, is somewhat confused.
>
> Outlook <> Outlook Express
>
> Not even close.  And while I personally would not pick Outlook Express as a
> POP/IMAP client, it is pretty standards based.


I would not say that O.E. is standards based at all. MICROS~1 does what they
want, standards be damned


>  Outlook talking to an Exchange server is an entirely different matter.
>
> At least that was the lay of the land the last time I was forced to pay
> close attention to Microsoft e-mail clients.
>
> --
>
> --Jon Radel
> jon at radel.com
>