Any good Exchange clients to replace Outlook? [closed]

Is there a lightweight desktop application to connect to an Exchange server to just get mail? Ideally, the app would be free.

I am looking to replace Outlook for something that loads quicker and takes up less memory, etc.

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I think you can use just about any mail clients to connect to Exchange and utilize POP3 or IMAP, but I don't know if you would get the full array of Exchange features.

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Exchange provides IMAP access to a nice client, Mozilla Thunderbird. It even has a calendar plugin, lightning (not directly usable with exchange).

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You can connect to Exchange using POP and IMAP, so therefore you can use any mail client. I use Apple Mail on my Mac personally and still use Outlook on Windows, but I also use Thunderbird on occasion.

If you want something completely free and have access to Exchange from the outside you can also use Outlook Web Access.

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Evolution (for GNOME) works very well with Exchange.

You could go for Gmail and POP into your Exchange server. ;)

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I don't know the memory usage of this, but Zimbra Desktop

If your Exchange server has OWA/Webmail access, you can use the OWA plugin.

Just use the web access on the Exchange server.

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This looks promising: , according to the website, it has calendar and contacts support.

There is a port of Evolution for Windows.

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