On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 11:34:42PM -0500, Mike Hicks wrote: > Lotus Notes sucks[*]. Every time I come near it, I get the feeling I'm > dealing with Evil Incarnate. That's worse than I feel when I have to > use Windows. Still, it's the mail system in use where I work. > > Considering the main alternative available that has a comparable feature > set (Exchange and Outlook) and it's associated virii and other baggage, > a person is forced to basically think, "well, it could be worse." > > So, I'm curious, is there anything out there that takes the good > features of these programs (calendaring and other `groupware' features) > and integrates a solid e-mail system that won't lock you in to a > particular platform? I suppose I'm dreaming to think there's a > possibility... Well, I once worked at a place that used Netscape Suitespot for their email and calendering. It worked pretty well, since we were fairly heterogeneous, platform wise (Windows, Linux and Solaris - this was a java devel shop). As far as I know, this suite is now called iPlanet or some such. I haven't looked up on it in a couple of years.... Gabe -- Gabe Turner gabe at msi.umn.edu SGI Origin Systems Administrator, University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation www.msi.umn.edu