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I don’t understand why people don’t like thunderbird. It’s not as nice as mutt but I feel like outlook users would be comfortable with it.
by swiley 8y ago
I don’t understand why people don’t like thunderbird.
It’s not as nice as mutt but I feel like outlook users would be comfortable with it.
- dhimes 8y agoI've used Thunderbird for years- ever since Evolution became unworkable. But evolution was very good too back in its day- more Outlook-y.
- c0nsumer 8y agoOutlook's integration of mail and calendaring (and to-dos) is very, very, very useful for business users. Thunderbird is only one piece of that.
- trnglina 8y agoThunderbird has a calendar and to-dos as well (though I never used them personally, so I can't speak to their quality). Does Outlook do any special integration between them (outside of just having them in the same app)?
- freeone3000 8y agoYes. It uses SMTP as a messaging channel for calendar invite sharing - sending a meeting invite to someone (through the calendar) sends them an email, which their outlook client picks up and treats as a calendar invite. It also integrates with Active Directory.
- c0nsumer 8y agoNot quite SMTP, but yeah. It's whole normal transport system. Add on to that things like integration with conference call systems (eg: Skype) for meeting and dial-in setup, conference room scheduling (Room Finder), and it's honestly a really nice tool for business use. It does a lot of things that users really like.