MS Exchange Server competition

Kevin D. Clark clark_k at pannaway.com
Tue Aug 17 08:26:01 EDT 2004


Ben Scott writes:

>   Do either support MAPI?  That is, do they provide seamless Microsoft
> Outlook integration?  Not just IMAP mail (which Outlooks has limits with
> anyway), but contacts, calendar -- the whole Outlook store.  Right or wrong,
> that's what a lot of people want.

What does MAPI give an end-user that all of the other open protocols
(SMTP, POP, IMAP, LDAP, MIME, whatever calendar protocol/scheme you're
using, etc) don't already provide?  

Seriously, I don't know and am curious.  Yes, I googled for this info
first.

--kevin
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