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varvocel
22nd November 2007, 06:47 PM
Hi,

I want to substitute MS Outlook (desktop version on my PC with Windows XP) with other application due to many annoying bugs in Outlook. It should have calendar, tasks, contacts, ability to import and export VCS (vCalendar) files and work with Outlook databases of course (I still want to synchronize with PDA).
Could your recommend me some programs? I've tried Agendus for Windows Outlook, but it's some sort of Outlook plug-in so it doesn't resolve Outlook problems.

Thanks in advance,
lolek5
23rd November 2007, 04:46 PM
Mozilla Thunderbird..? :)
varvocel
23rd November 2007, 04:50 PM
Mozilla Thunderbird..? :)

Calendar, contacts, tasks with reminders and full synchronization with PDA? ;)
FloatingFatMan
23rd November 2007, 05:14 PM
What version of Outlook are you using? It's an corporate standard app that's pretty much bug free...
mirchichamu
23rd November 2007, 05:19 PM
Mozilla Thunderbird..? :)

How to sychronize thunderbird with PDA through active sync?
varvocel
23rd November 2007, 05:22 PM
What version of Outlook are you using? It's an corporate standard app that's pretty much bug free...

2007, but bugs for example in VCS import exist. I send e-mail to MS support in Jun or July (don't remember exactly) and there reproduced it. I've written them last week and got answer that bug will be fixed in Service Pack (maybe second ;) ).

By the way - I found 2 bugs after 2 weeks of using Outlook 2007...
FloatingFatMan
23rd November 2007, 07:39 PM
Ah, so mainly the issue is lesser used functions? :p

Sorry, but I don't actually think there ARE any alternatives for contact synching in Windows. Outlook is pretty much it. Still, in general usage I certainly don't experience any problems with it.
varvocel
23rd November 2007, 08:28 PM
Ah, so mainly the issue is lesser used functions? :p

Sorry, but I don't actually think there ARE any alternatives for contact synching in Windows. Outlook is pretty much it. Still, in general usage I certainly don't experience any problems with it.

Thanks for your input, but IMHO Outlook has nothing to do with synchronization - it's ActiveSync work I think.

There are alternative PIMs for XP and I'm testing some of them now, but I'm asking hoping that somebody with more experience with such a software could give me a clue.

I'm glad to hear that you don't have any problems with Outlook, but I have some (and for me not with "lesser used functions"). I don't have time to write application or script converting VCS files I use (about 20-30 files a day) to non-standard format accepted by Outlook, so I want to try another software.
In fact my idea is not to remove Outlook from my PC completely, but use other program writing and reading Outlook's databases so synchronization will be no problem.