Microsoft links Outlook to Lotus
A newly released add-on from Microsoft allows the 2002 and 2003 versions of its Outlook e-mail client to work on an IBM Lotus Domino server.
Microsoft released a software add-on Monday for the 2003 and 2002 versions of Outlook that allows the e-mail clients to work with a server running IBM's Lotus Domino software. The Notes Connector is available now for free download. It works with versions 5 and 6 of Domino and allows Outlook to retrieve messages, calendar items, address book entries and to-do lists stored on the server.
Lotus includes an e-mail client of its own, but IBM has found that many customers prefer to work with Outlook, which is part of Microsoft's widespread Office productivity package.