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Exchange Server 2003 |
POP 3 / IMAP4 |
| Group scheduling |
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| Send out meeting requests,
then track and update them |
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| Shared calendars and
side-by-side calendar views |
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| Access to personal and
shared address books from remote locations |
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| Outlook single sign-on for email and network
access |
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| Outlook connections over the Internet
are secure |
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Some solutions
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| Server-side spam filtering |
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Some solutions
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| Put multicolored flags next to emails
as a reminder to follow up |
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Partial |
| Ability to add voting buttons to a messages |
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| Automatic out-of-office reply |
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| Ability to recall sent messages |
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| Support for multiple-computer access |
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Partial |
| Access to email via Web browsers and mobile
browsers, Outlook Mobile in Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs,
Pocket PC Phone Edition and Smartphones |
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Non-Microsoft
products are typically required |
| Outlook Cached Exchange Mode for working
with intermittent Web connection (eg dial-up) |
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Some solutions
offer caching |
| Offline email, calendar, contacts, and
public folder support |
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Partial |
| Access to public folders for sharing documents
and information |
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Individual
email folder access in IMAP |
| Basic email support for SMTP, POP3, and
IMAP4 |
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| Easy management of Outlook
and Exchange Server profiles across multiple machines to lower
support costs |
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