To update my story: I finally gave up on Entourage and importing everything into Mail/iCal/Address Book. The sync with iPhone never would work without some major error, e.g. erasing the contacts on the iPhone. things have worked seamlessly since.
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To update my story: I finally gave up on Entourage and importing everything into Mail/iCal/Address Book. The sync with iPhone never would work without some major error, e.g. erasing the contacts on the iPhone. things have worked seamlessly since.
My company uses Windows, MS Exchange server, et al. barfware. Interestingly many IT people now install Linux for themselves and use it instead.
I realized the highly restrictive quota on mail servers is about keeping Outlook reasonably usable performance-wise more than a server space issue. Every once in a while (rarely now), I boot my work PC into Windows and go to Outlook. It takes forever before Windows finishes booting up & Outlook actually becomes usable. I cannot stand it, besides how ugly and user unfriendly it is. Once you forget where things are in Outlook you realize just how bloated and counterintuitive it is. I can never go back. I'd rather live with with the relatively minor issues Mail, etc. have trying to interact with MS crapware. Why companies bother to buy Exchange when there are better free alternatives beats me.
I have received an Entourage demo, which makes me think of a pig wearing lipstick. It would solve my calendaring issues between iCal and Exchange calendar if it were not for me being over the aforementioned quota.
If everyone at my company would use gmail, literally all of our problems would be solved including the ones that Windows users complain about. In fact I am thinking about creating a special Google account to archive some mail from work so I can get back into my quota and still keep mail in a safe place.
If the iPod software 2.1 is a sign of things to come to OS X, Exchange support will get a whole lot better.
That said, I can manage fine with Mail et al. I have a NO MS software policy on my machine ;-)
Btw, about the mail quota, my work got a software solution now which involves needing a Windows program to take the mail from Exchange and archive it...to another server. I asked IT why not just put more diskspace on Exchange but got no answer. Anyway on Exchange they cannot enforce the quota on me because I connect using IMAP so my mailbox is huge, works great with OS X Mail & Thunderbird, but Microsoft's own Windows Outlook cannot handle it. Last time a booted into Windows, Outlook was literally usable still after 30 mins trying to load my mailbox, so I gave up.
I realized the highly restrictive quota on mail servers is about keeping Outlook reasonably usable performance-wise more than a server space issue. Every once in a while (rarely now), I boot my work PC into Windows and go to Outlook. It takes forever before Windows finishes booting up & Outlook actually becomes usable. I cannot stand it, besides how ugly and user unfriendly it is. Once you forget where things are in Outlook you realize just how bloated and counterintuitive it is. I can never go back. I'd rather live with with the relatively minor issues Mail, etc. have trying to interact with MS crapware. Why companies bother to buy Exchange when there are better free alternatives beats me.
I have received an Entourage demo, which makes me think of a pig wearing lipstick. It would solve my calendaring issues between iCal and Exchange calendar if it were not for me being over the aforementioned quota.
If everyone at my company would use gmail, literally all of our problems would be solved including the ones that Windows users complain about. In fact I am thinking about creating a special Google account to archive some mail from work so I can get back into my quota and still keep mail in a safe place.
If the iPod software 2.1 is a sign of things to come to OS X, Exchange support will get a whole lot better.
That said, I can manage fine with Mail et al. I have a NO MS software policy on my machine ;-)
I use OpenOffice, now 3.0 RC-1, with Office files from other people in the company and it works great and its free! I'm the only one who has not corrupted extended characters like Windows/MS Office users have done.
Btw, about the mail quota, my work got a software solution now which involves needing a Windows program to take the mail from Exchange and archive it...to another server. I asked IT why not just put more diskspace on Exchange but got no answer. Anyway on Exchange they cannot enforce the quota on me because I connect using IMAP so my mailbox is huge, works great with OS X Mail & Thunderbird, but Microsoft's own Windows Outlook cannot handle it. Last time a booted into Windows, Outlook was literally usable still after 30 mins trying to load my mailbox, so I gave up.
Entourage, Outlook, iCal and even Lightning?
Hi everyone
This is good stuff, but does anybody know how to coordinate events between multiple users (attendees of meetings), using Outlook and iCal?
Is that possible, or would you recommend to change from using iCal to using Entourage, Lightning, Google Calendar or something else? - Where I live most businesses use Outlook. Which one is the easiest to match with it?
Thanks! David
Hi everyone
This is good stuff, but does anybody know how to coordinate events between multiple users (attendees of meetings), using Outlook and iCal?
Is that possible, or would you recommend to change from using iCal to using Entourage, Lightning, Google Calendar or something else? - Where I live most businesses use Outlook. Which one is the easiest to match with it?
Thanks! David
used it, its a nice application
but i wished it would integrate with mac osx's address books and stuff. i dont want to keep a seperate address book and calender. i stick with mail.app and ical and address book. they all integrate very nicely
but i wished it would integrate with mac osx's address books and stuff. i dont want to keep a seperate address book and calender. i stick with mail.app and ical and address book. they all integrate very nicely
It seems to be the only option for Exchange accounts on Mac, so I use it. However, I think it is a clunky piece of junk. I much, much prefer Mail, iCal and Address Book combo on the Mac.
Can't wait for Snow Leopard to address the lack of exchange support on the Mac!
Can't wait for Snow Leopard to address the lack of exchange support on the Mac!
In Entourage, open up the Preferences, select Sync Services, and then say that you want to sync your address book and calendar.
Regards,
Nadyne.
Entourage send error message
Just attempted to send a reply to a poster and undisclosed recipients. This is the error message I got: Syntax error in arguements - mail could not be sent.
What does this mean and how can I correct it?
Just attempted to send a reply to a poster and undisclosed recipients. This is the error message I got: Syntax error in arguements - mail could not be sent.
What does this mean and how can I correct it?
I used Entourage for about ten years, along with the rest of MS Office. I did like having my mail, calendar and contacts all in one program, along with the Notes/Journal function -- it made a nice journal.
In a fit of pro-Apple/anti-MS ferver, I got rid of Office last year and replaced it with iWork. Naturally, I had to port my mail, calendar and contacts to Mail.app, iCal and Address Book. I actually found these superior in many ways; I didn't even mind having to use three apps to do the job that one app used to do. I don't need to open iCal or Address Book all that often, not nearly as much as Mail.app.
Even though necessity has made me go back to Office (2004 -- 2008 has just gotten too bloated) I have not gone back to Entourage. Besides, I don't know if Entourage can sync my contacts and calendar with my iPod.
In a fit of pro-Apple/anti-MS ferver, I got rid of Office last year and replaced it with iWork. Naturally, I had to port my mail, calendar and contacts to Mail.app, iCal and Address Book. I actually found these superior in many ways; I didn't even mind having to use three apps to do the job that one app used to do. I don't need to open iCal or Address Book all that often, not nearly as much as Mail.app.
Even though necessity has made me go back to Office (2004 -- 2008 has just gotten too bloated) I have not gone back to Entourage. Besides, I don't know if Entourage can sync my contacts and calendar with my iPod.