How do I point a mail client at Microsoft outlook?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 16:04 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:
> The problem is Linux vs. Microsoft Exchange 5.5 .
> The help desk guy tells me that he will try to get IMAP enabled on my account.
> He does not guaranty success.
> Is there anything Linux that will talk to Microsoft Exchange 5.5?

Given the ancient version of Exchange, in your place I would seriously
consider forwarding all my mail to (say) Gmail and dealing with it
there, but it's your call. Gmail works reasonably well with IMAP so you
can use TBird, Evolution etc. according to taste.

poc