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1.4 += Mail Clients =
1.5 +
1.6 +Since imip-agent is integrated with mail infrastructure defined by Internet
1.7 +standards, users can use any mail program that is capable of sending and
1.8 +receiving standards-based mail. However, it is recommended that
1.9 +[[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2045|MIME]]-capable mail programs are used
1.10 +in order to properly present messages produced by imip-agent. Since the MIME
1.11 +standards have been in existence since the 1990s, most commonly-used mail
1.12 +programs should work with imip-agent with few difficulties.
1.13 +
1.14 +Meanwhile, mail clients that can understand and present calendar data are
1.15 +less common. The following Free Software programs have been tested with
1.16 +imip-agent:
1.17 +
1.18 +{{{#!table
1.19 +'''Program''' || '''Remarks'''
1.20 +==
1.21 +[[http://claws-mail.org/|Claws Mail]]
1.22 +||
1.23 + * Supports basic scheduling
1.24 + * Does not support recurring events
1.25 + * Does not support the `COUNTER` scheduling method
1.26 + * Does not support free/busy exchange over e-mail
1.27 +==
1.28 +[[http://kontact.org/|Kontact]]
1.29 +||
1.30 + * Supports scheduling including methods like `COUNTER`
1.31 + * Supports recurring events
1.32 + * Seems to support free/busy exchange over e-mail (although not
1.33 + transparently) and over HTTP
1.34 + * Seems to require numerous libraries and KDE components, including the
1.35 + somewhat unpolished [[WikiPedia:Akonadi]] system
1.36 +==
1.37 +[[https://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/|Mozilla Thunderbird]] (with
1.38 +[[https://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar|Lightning Calendar]]
1.39 +extension)<<BR>>
1.40 +''Also known as Icedove (and Iceowl) in Debian''
1.41 +||
1.42 + * Supports basic scheduling including recurring events
1.43 + * Does not support the `COUNTER` scheduling method
1.44 + * Does not support free/busy exchange over e-mail, but can be made to
1.45 + fetch free/busy data over HTTP
1.46 +}}}
1.47 +
1.48 +== Notes ==
1.49 +
1.50 +See [[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5546#section-3.2.7|RFC 5546 section 3.2.7]]
1.51 +for details of the `COUNTER` scheduling method.