Mail vs Entourage with MS Exchange Server

J

John L.Davis

I am an owner of a new business. Our server is running Microsoft
Exchange Server and everyone in the company will be using Mac G4
PowerBooks running OS X. I'm trying to determine which e-mail program
works the best with Exchange Server and what the tradeoffs are.

Can anyone give me a quick run down of the pros and cons of using
Apple's Mail program versus Microsoft's Entourage to connect to the
Exchange Server?

Thanks in advance for taking the time to help.
 
M

Mickey Stevens

Both should allow you to access mail from the server. If your running
Exchange Server 2000 or higher, only Entourage can access the Global Address
List. Additionally, only Entourage can view/synchronize calendar events and
contacts with the Exchange Server. Free/busy data is also only accessible
through Entourage.

So basically, if you want to save money and only need to access mail from
the Exchange Server, use Mail. But, if you want more a more advanced
program with Exchange integration, choose Entourage X.
 
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