Five top alternatives to Microsoft Outlook
Submitted by Mouhamed Ndong on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 15:35
If you’re looking for an email client to replace Outlook, you’re in luck: Many solid alternatives are available. Jack Wallen lists five top contenders.
Outlook is, hands-down, the most popular email client among the business set. And with good reason. It connects to Exchange, which allows businesses to determine many aspects of how and what their users can manage, use, and control. It also allows the sharing of things like calendars and contacts. But not all businesses (especially small businesses) employ Exchange. For them, there are plenty of alternatives to Outlook. Even businesses that do have Exchange may use an alternative to connect to a groupware server. Let’s take a look at a few of these alternatives and see what they have to offer.