Email Client Comparison

Email Client comparison DRAFT OCFO Outlook 2003 Outlook 2003 IMAP OCS Web Interface Research Library Task Pane Yes Yes No Reading Layout Mode Yes Yes No Address properties available from Reading pane Yes Yes No Notification Area Icon Yes* No No Outlook Today Yes Limited Yes Group items by any field Yes Yes No Local folders Yes Yes No Reminder Window Yes Yes No Customizable toolbars Yes Yes No Help Yes Yes No Navigation Pane Yes Yes Yes Shortcuts Yes Yes Yes Messaging Read messages Auto Preview No Yes No Folder hierarchy in Navigation Pane Yes Yes No Favorite folders in Navigation Pane Yes Yes No Navigate hyperlinks in messages Yes Yes No* Attachments can be opened from Reading/Preview Pane Yes Yes No Appointment accept/decline functionality in Preview/Reading Pane Yes Yes No Unlimited number of messages displayed in mail view No No No Send messages AutoAddress/AutoName Yes Yes No Insert hyperlinks in message text Yes Yes Yes Information bar available in preview/reading pane Yes Yes No Send/receive attachments Yes Yes Yes AutoComplete Addressing Yes Yes No Send Using (E-mail Account Selection) No No No Distribution lists Yes Yes Yes Insert other e-mail messages as attachments Yes Yes No Embed documents in messages Yes Yes (HTML) No Request read or delivery receipt Yes Yes No Word as E-Mail Editor (Wordmail) Yes Yes No Spell checking Yes Yes No Background/AutoCorrect spelling (Word Mail) Yes Yes No Add words to spell check dictionaries Yes Yes No Recall Message No No No Oracle Server C:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQEmail Client Comparison.xls Page 1 Date: 2/6/2008DRAFT OCFO Outlook 2003 Outlook 2003 IMAP OCS Web Oracle Server Auto-select Message Encoding Yes Yes No Send mail message with Voting buttons (AutoVote) No No No Track delivery and read receipts with original message Yes No No Create messages from Address Book Yes Yes Yes Receive HTML mail Yes Yes Yes HTML editing Yes Yes Yes Plain-text editing Yes Yes Yes RTF editing No Yes No Automatic formatting of messages with color based on criteria Yes Yes No AutoText Yes Yes No Automatic text corrections (Word Mail) Yes ? No AutoSignature Yes Yes Yes Insert signature on demand Yes Yes No Multiple signatures Yes Yes Yes Include vCard in signature Yes Yes No Set message importance Yes ? Yes Message sensitivity Yes ? No Message expiration Yes ? No Deferred delivery (with or without rules) Yes Yes No Message templates Yes Yes Yes Default font for new messages Yes Yes No Default font for replies and forwards Yes Yes No Redirected replies Yes ? No File routing No No No Internet Faxing Yes ? Yes Receive/reply to messages New Mail Notification Yes Yes No Respond to mail message with Voting buttons No No No Reply in same format received Yes ? No No indentation of reply/forward bodies Yes Yes Yes New Desktop Alert Yes Yes No Auto Horizontal line to reply to messages Yes ? No Read as plain text option Yes Yes No Expandable Distribution List Yes * ? No Auto complete with 1 letter Yes Yes No Search for messages Find Yes Yes Yes Search capabilities (Advanced Find) Yes Yes Yes Search folders Yes Yes No C:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQEmail Client Comparison.xls Page 2 Date: 2/6/2008DRAFT OCFO Outlook 2003 Outlook 2003 IMAP OCS Web Oracle Server Organize messages Quick Flags/Message flags Yes Yes No Categories and Master Category List Yes Yes No Drag and drop messages Yes Yes No Multiple views Yes Yes No Arrange By Yes Yes No Arrange by Conversation Yes Yes No View by category Yes ** Yes No View mail by follow-up flag Yes Yes No Public Folders Yes ≠ Yes? Yes Sort message list by standard fields Yes Yes No Set order/size of columns in message list Yes Yes No Enhanced conversation management No No No Manage messages by group Yes Yes No For Follow-Up folder Yes Yes No Display custom views Yes Yes No Create custom views Yes Yes No Mark message as read or unread Yes Yes No Recover deleted messages Yes Yes Yes User saves e-mail messages to Drafts Yes Yes Yes Mailbox Cleanup Yes ? Yes Ability to disable individual rules Yes Yes Yes AutoArchive Yes Yes No E-mail Account Setup Wizard Yes Yes No Test E-Mail Account tool Yes No Drafts folder Yes Yes Yes User-configurable Delegate Access permissions Yes No Yes User configures Public Folder permissions No No No Display total number or unread mail in folders Yes * Yes No Smart Dates Yes ? No Collaboration Features Document workspaces No No No Meeting workspaces No No No Instant Messaging /Presence Awareness No No No Live attachments No No No C:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQEmail Client Comparison.xls Page 3 Date: 2/6/2008DRAFT OCFO Outlook 2003 Outlook 2003 IMAP OCS Web Oracle Server Calendar Calendar views of different time periods Yes Yes Calendar preferences Yes Yes Side-by-side viewing of multiple calendars Yes * No Meeting reminders (minutes, hours, or days in advance) Yes Yes Color individual or recurring appointments Yes No Notification of adjacent or conflicting appointments Yes Yes Lunar Calendar Support Yes * No Offline use of calendar Yes No List of recently opened calendars Yes No Schedule Meetings Plan a face-to-face meeting Yes No Yes View other user’s free/busy information Yes No Yes Propose New Time Yes No Yes Appointments summarized in Outlook Today Yes Yes No (equivalent functionality) Invoke calendar from meeting request to see full schedule Yes ? No Include attachments in appointments and meeting requests Yes ? Yes Insert e-mail messages as attachments in appointments and meeting requests Yes ? No Create a Meeting Workspace in a meeting request No ? No Track acceptance of attendees to a meeting Yes ? Yes Attendee list visible to all attendees Yes ? Yes Send or receive requests over the Internet as calendar attachments Yes ? Yes Publish free and busy information to the Internet with iCalendar subset Yes ? No Retrieve free and busy information to the Internet with iCalendar subset No ? No Advanced, automatic meeting-request processing options No ? No Plan online meeting Yes ? Yes Use Address Book to pick attendees Yes ? No Free and busy view Yes ? Yes Forward or reply to a meeting request Yes ? No All-day events Yes ? Yes Real-Time scheduling Yes ? Yes Activity Journal with Scrolling Timeline views Yes ? No Change Ownership of meetings No ? No Link a Meeting with contract/company Yes ? No Personal Calendar items only -No access to Calendar Server C:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQEmail Client Comparison.xls Page 4 Date: 2/6/2008DRAFT OCFO Outlook 2003 Outlook 2003 IMAP OCS Web Oracle Server Search for resources by geography or capacity Yes ? Yes Book resources through workflow approval mechanism Yes ? Yes Download other User’s calendar for offline viewing No ? No New Meeting With in calendar Yes * ? No (equivalent functionality) Rule to alert mobile device of an updated meeting Yes ? Yes Schedule meetings with users on other platforms (Mac, Linux) Yes ? Yes Over-the-air Calendar synchronization using SyncML Yes ? Yes Address Book and Global Address List Address Book Yes Yes Yes Browseable Global Address List (GAL) Yes ? Yes Access to general GAL properties (name, adders, phone) Yes ? Yes Access to advanced GAL properties (org chart, DL membership) No ? Yes Synchronized offline GAL Yes ? No Contacts Business Contact Manager No No No Contact picture Yes * Yes No Use e-mail properties to add Contacts data Yes Yes No Use contact information in mail merge No Yes No Contact activity tracking Yes Yes No View by company Yes Yes No Print address cards Yes Yes No Important dates (birthdays and anniversaries) in Contacts listings Yes Yes No Exchange virtual business cards (vCards) Yes Yes No Shared contacts Yes * No No View contacts by follow-up flag Yes Yes No Internet addresses listed in Contacts. Yes Yes Yes Multiple addresses in Contacts items Yes Yes No Add/edit contacts Yes Yes No Send new message to contact Yes Yes Yes More than one physical and e-mail address listed in Contacts Yes Yes No Associate reminders with contacts No Yes No Attach files with contacts No Yes No Over-the-air Contacts synchronization using SyncML Yes ? Yes C:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQEmail Client Comparison.xls Page 5 Date: 2/6/2008DRAFT OCFO Outlook 2003 Outlook 2003 IMAP OCS Web Oracle Server Tasks Create and manage tasks Yes Yes Yes Create task from e-mail message Yes Yes No Simple and Detailed task views Yes Yes Yes View tasks by category Yes Yes Yes View by active/completed/overdue status Yes Yes Yes Edit tasks in view Yes Yes Yes Task reminders Yes Yes Yes Task requests and tracking No No No Tasks timeline view Yes Yes No TaskPad view in Calendar Yes Yes No Recurring Task No Yes No Attach files with Task Yes Yes Yes Client Services Alerts Yes Yes Yes Outlook Custom Installation Wizard No ? No Out of Office Assistant Yes No Yes Recover Application Yes ? No Read-only Delegate Access to messages and other information Yes No No Editable Delegate Access of messages to other accounts Yes No No AutoCreate Yes ? No Import/Export files Yes Yes No Client-side Setup Wizard Yes Yes No Outlook Hotmail Support No ? No Custom forms No Yes No Consolidated offline settings No ? No Support for IMAP4, POP3, and SMTP Yes * Yes No C:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQEmail Client Comparison.xls Page 6 Date: 2/6/2008DRAFT OCFO Outlook 2003 Outlook 2003 IMAP OCS Web Oracle Server Security and Content Management Information Rights Management No No No Junk E-Mail Folder Yes Yes Yes5 Trusted Senders and Trusted Recipients Lists Yes Yes No Block External Content Yes ? No Block attachments Yes ? No Anti-virus enhancements Yes Yes No Digital signature Yes Yes No Digital encryption Yes ? No Single sign-on Yes * ? Yes (Not to Win OS) Certificate management Yes ? No Kerberos Authentication Yes * ? Yes (thru AD sync) Automatic logoff after inactive period No No No Journal Yes ? No Notes Yes ? No CRAM-MD5 authentication Yes ? No Outlook Performance Improvements Cached mode Yes ? No Intelligent Connectivity Yes * ? No HTTP Access to Servers Yes * ? No Synchronization groups No ? No Background synchronization of local and server folders Yes ? No Differential, offline address-book synchronization w/server Yes ? No Incremental change synchronization Yes ? No Smart change synchronization Yes ? NA Pre-synchronization reporting Yes * ? No Offline synchronization Yes ? No Buffer packing No ? No MAPI compression Yes ? No Skip bad items Yes ? No Outlook performance monitoring Yes ? No Unicode PST Support Yes ? No Cancel request to server Yes ? No Send and Receive groups No ? No Support and default list Yes ? No C:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQEmail Client Comparison.xls Page 7 Date: 2/6/2008DRAFT OCFO Outlook 2003 Outlook 2003 IMAP OCS Web Oracle Server Miscellaneous Automatic Dial-up of Mail Accounts No ? No SSL support Yes ? Yes TLS support Yes ? No Ink Support for Tablet PCs Yes * ? No Unicode Support for all fields Yes * ? No Yes Yes * Yes ** Yes ¹ Yes ² Yes ³ Yes 4 Yes5 Yes ? No* ‡ NA? Single sign-on requires direct connection to Outlook Web Access on the mailbox server with NT LAN Manager enabled and running Exchange. Search folders and For Follow Up folders must be activated in Outlook online mode rather than cached Exchange mode. Feature is included in product version. Planned for upcoming release (9.0.5) Available only on Outlook 2003 You must install the Outlook Web Access S/MIME control to use this feature. Forms-based authentication must be enabled before you can automatically log off. Requires Rules set-up Public folders support email and documents; more functionality to be added in an upcoming release Disabled on purpose: Security hole Oracle Connector for Outlook versions 9.0.4.11 and higher The feature is Not applicable to this version or product. Feature Not tested or functionality unknown C:\Docstoc\Working\ActivePDF\Input\$ASQEmail Client Comparison.xls Page 8 Date: 2/6/2008