GroupWise Client Comparison627novdocx (en) 10 March 20086GroupWise Client ComparisonThe GroupWise® product includes four clients for accessing your GroupWise mailbox: Windows Client: A proven e-mail client for over a decade, the GroupWise Windows client is arobust, full-featured access point from your Windows desktop to your GroupWise mailbox. Itoffers a wide array of features to meet the needs of basic to advanced users. Cross-Platform Client: First introduced in 2004, the relatively young GroupWise Cross-Platform client offers the most vital GroupWise features to Linux* and Macintosh* users, withadditional GroupWise functionality being added with each new GroupWise release. WebAccess Client: The WebAccess client provides access to your GroupWise mailbox in anyenvironment (Windows, Linux, and Macintosh) where a browser and an Internet connection areavailable. In addition, using the WebAccess client, you can access your GroupWise mailboxfrom wireless devices such as phones, Palm OS* devices, and Windows CE devices. SomeGroupWise functionality is limited because of the difficulty of implementing it in a browser-based environment. However, some advanced functionality has been implemented using Java*applets. Outlook Connector: First introduced in GroupWise 7, the GroupWise Connector for Outlook*allows you to access you to use Outlook to access your e-mail, calendar, and othercollaboration data that is stored in a GroupWise mailbox. With the GroupWise Connector forOutlook, you can continue working in the Outlook environment you are accustomed to withoutbeing trained on using GroupWise.The following tables compare the tasks that can be performed in the various GroupWise clients: Section 6.1, “Message Tasks,” on page 27 Section 6.2, “Calendar Tasks,” on page 31 Section 6.3, “Address Book Tasks,” on page 32 Section 6.4, “Folder Management Tasks,” on page 32 Section 6.5, “Proxy Tasks,” on page 33 Section 6.6, “Document Management Tasks,” on page 33For a comparison of GroupWise versions 6, 6.5, and 7 SP1, see the Novell GroupWise 7 FeatureComparison (http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/compare.html).6.1 Message Tasks Section 6.1.1, “Mailbox Types,” on page 28 Section 6.1.2, “Item Types,” on page 28 Section 6.1.3, “Message Handling,” on page 28 Section 6.1.4, “Message Composition,” on page 29 Section 6.1.5, “Tools,” on page 29 Section 6.1.6, “Send Options,” on page 30