Microsoft Outlook 2003 and Outlook Web Access 2003 with Exchange 2003 versus DDNS Exchange Alternative (on Outlook 2003)
Note: The answers listed listen within parenthesis "(YES)", are supported features on MS OWA and
Insight WebClient respectively.
| Messaging Features |
Microsoft Outlook 2003 (and OWA Premium 2003) with Exchange 2003 |
DDNS Exchange Alternative (and Insight WebClient) with Insight Server |
| Read Messages |
| Auto Preview | YES | YES |
| Folder hierarchy in Navigation Pane | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Favorites folders in Navigation Pane | YES | YES |
| Navigate hyperlinks in messages | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Attachments can be opened from Reading and Preview Panes | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Can accept or decline appointments in Preview and Reading Panes | YES | YES (YES) |
| Unlimited number of messages displayed in Mail view | YES | YES (YES) |
| Send Messages |
| AutoAddress and AutoName | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Insert hyperlinks in message text | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Information Bar available in Preview and Reading Panes | YES (YES) | YES |
| Send and receive attachments | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Embed documents in messages | YES | YES |
| Request delivery receipt | YES (YES) | YES |
| Request read receipt | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Word as e-mail editor | YES | YES |
| Spelling checker | YES | YES |
| Background and AutoCorrect spelling | YES | YES |
| Add words to dictionaries | YES | YES |
| Recall message | YES - Microsoft Exchange feature | NO |
| Auto-select message encoding | YES | YES |
| Send mail message with voting buttons | YES | YES |
| Track delivery and read receipts with original message | YES | NO |
| Create messages from Address Book | YES (YES) | YES |
| Receive HTML mail | YES (YES) | YES< (YES)/td>
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| HTML editing | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Plain-text editing | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Rich Text Format (RTF) editing | YES | YES |
| Automatic formatting of messages with color based on criteria | YES | YES |
| Automatic text corrections | YES | YES |
| AutoSignature | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Insert signature on demand | YES (YES) | YES |
| Multiple signatures | YES | YES |
| Include vCard in signature | YES | YES |
| Set message importance | YES | YES |
| Message sensitivity | YES | NO |
| Message expiration | YES | NO |
| Deferred delivery (with or without rules) | YES | NO |
| Message templates | YES | YES |
| Default font for new messages | YES (YES) | YES |
| Default font for replies and forwards | YES | YES |
| Redirected replies | YES | YES |
| File routing | YES | NO |
| Internet faxing | YES | NO |
| Receive and reply to messages |
| New mail notification | YES (YES) | YES |
| Respond to mail message (voting buttons) | YES | YES |
| Reply in same format received | YES | YES |
| No indentation of Reply and Forward bodies | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Search for Messages |
| Find | YES | YES (YES) |
| Search capabilities (Advanced Find) | YES (YES) | YES |
| Search folders | YES (YES) | YES |
| Organize Messages |
| Quick Flags and message flags | YES (YES) | YES |
| Categories and Master Category List | YES | YES |
| Drag and drop messages | YES (YES) | YES |
| Multiple views | YES (YES) | YES |
| Arrange by | YES | YES |
| Grouping items | YES (YES) | Planned for an upcoming release |
| View by category | YES | YES |
| View mail by flagging for follow up | YES | YES |
| Public folders | YES (YES) - accessed through Exchange server | YES (YES) - accessed through Insight Server |
| Sort message list by standard fields | YES | YES |
| Set order and size of columns in message list² | YES | YES |
| Enhanced conversation management | YES | YES |
| Manage messages by group | YES | YES |
| For Follow-Up folder | YES (YES) | YES |
| Display custom views | YES (YES) | YES |
| Create custom views | YES | YES |
| Mark message as read or unread | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Recover deleted messages | YES (YES) | NO |
| User saves e-mail messages to Drafts folder | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Mailbox Cleanup | YES | YES |
| Ability to disable individual rules | YES | YES |
| AutoArchive | YES | YES |
| E-mail account Setup Wizard | YES | YES |
| Test E-Mail Account tool | YES | YES - IMAP Connection only |
| Drafts folder | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| User-configurable Delegate Access permissions | YES | YES |
| User configures public folder permissions | YES - applies to Exchange | YES |
| Meeting Management Features |
Microsoft Outlook 2003 (and OWA Premium 2003) with Exchange 2003 |
DDNS Exchange Alternative (and Insight WebClient) with Insight Server |
| Plan a face-to-face meeting | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| View other user's free and busy information | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Propose New Time | YES | YES |
| Appointments summarized in Outlook Today | YES | YES |
| Invoke calendar from meeting request to see full schedule | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Include attachments in appointments and meeting requests | YES | YES |
| Insert e-mail messages as attachments in appointments and meeting requests | YES | YES |
| Create a Meeting Workspace in a meeting request | YES | N/A |
| Track acceptance of attendees to a meeting | YES | YES |
| Attendee list visible to all attendees | YES | YES |
| Send or receive requests over the Internet as calendar attachments | YES | Planned for an upcoming release |
| Publish and retrieve free and busy information to the Internet with iCalendar subset | YES | YES |
| Advanced, automatic meeting request processing options | YES | NO |
| Plan online meeting (Microsoft NetMeeting®) | YES | NO |
| Exchange conferencing | YES | NO |
| Use Address Book to pick attendees | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Free and busy view | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Forward or reply to a meeting request | YES (YES) | YES |
| All-day events | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Contact Management Features |
Microsoft Outlook 2003 (and OWA Premium 2003) with Exchange 2003 |
DDNS Exchange Alternative (and Insight WebClient) with Insight Server |
| Business Contact Manager | YES | NO |
| Contact picture | YES | YES |
| Use e-mail properties to add Contacts data | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Use contact information in mail merge | YES | YES |
| Contact activity tracking | YES | YES |
| View by company | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Print address cards | YES | YES |
| Important dates (birthdays and anniversaries) in Contacts listings | YES | YES |
| Exchange virtual business cards (vCards) | YES | YES |
| Shared contacts | YES | YES (YES) |
| View contacts by follow-up flag | YES (YES) | YES |
| Internet addresses listed in Contacts | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Multiple addresses in Contacts items | YES (YES) | YES |
| Add and edit contacts | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Send new message to contact | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| More than one physical and e-mail address listed in Contacts | YES (YES) | YES |
| Security and Content Management Features |
Microsoft Outlook 2003 (and OWA Premium 2003) with Exchange 2003 |
DDNS Exchange Alternative (and Insight WebClient) with Insight Server |
| Information rights management | YES | NO |
| Junk E-Mail Filter lists* | YES | Planned for an upcoming release |
| Junk E-Mail folder | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
| Trusted Senders and Trusted Recipients lists* | YES (YES) | Planned for an upcoming release |
| Block external content* | YES (YES) | Planned for an upcoming release |
| Block attachments* | YES (YES) | Planned for an upcoming release |
| Antivirus enhancements* | YES (YES) | Planned for an upcoming release |
| Digital signature | YES (YES) | NO |
| Digital encryption | YES (YES) | NO |
| Single sign-on | YES (YES) | Planned for an upcoming release |
| Certificate management | YES | YES - external (X.509) |
| Kerberos authentication | YES | NO |
| Automatic logging off after inactive period | YES | N/A |
| Journal | YES | YES |
| Notes | YES (YES) | YES (YES) |
*Insight Server provides capabilities to help prevent the delivery of unsolicited e-mail (SPAM) at the server level, potentially reducing the need for client-side configuration and end user involvement. Pertinent features include server-based mail rules, anti-relay controls and DNS blacklist filtering.
| Performance Optimizing Features |
Microsoft Outlook 2003 (and OWA Premium 2003) with Exchange 2003 |
DDNS Exchange Alternative (and Insight WebClient) with Insight Server |
| Integration with Microsoft SharePoint™ Portal Server | YES (YES) | NO |
| Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003 integration | YES | NO |
| Cached Exchange mode | YES | YES |
| Intelligent connectivity | YES | Planned for an upcoming release |
| Remote procedure call connectivity to Exchange (RPC over HTTP) | YES | N/A |
| Synchronization groups | YES | NO |
| Background synchronization of local and server folders | YES | YES |
| Differential, offline Address Book synchronization with server | YES | YES |
| Incremental change synchronization | YES | YES |
| Smart change synchronization | YES | N/A |
| Presynchronization reporting | YES | NO |
| Offline synchronization | YES | N/A |
| Buffer packing | YES | N/A |
| MAPI compression | YES | Accomplished through Notes Remote Procedure Call (NRPC) compression |
| Skip bad items | YES | YES |
| Outlook performance monitoring | YES | N/A |
| Unicode .pst support | YES | N/A |
| Cancel request to server | YES | N/A |
| Send and Receive groups | YES | YES |
| LDAP support and default list | YES | YES (YES) |