and install a 300MB office suite and Java.  A little too much for my desires.  I
don't need an officesuite, I have that, just need a mail/calendaring program in
my case that can understand the s**t that gets sent to Outlook via Exchange.

> I mentioned Staroffice eariler as a totally free way to do exactly what
> everyone is going back and forth about exchange and openmail.  Has anyone
> even tried using Staroffice's calendar server, imap/pop e-mail...etc etc...
> its really pretty good and comes at no cost for a multi-patform solution.
> You just have to get a CD of the install so that it comes with the calendar
> server.  Otherwise its just the office environment itself.
> As for size, I could understand not wanting to use a whole office suite for
> e-mail and scheduling....  well, try not installing all the other componets,
> that sould make it quite lean and mean.