evolution exchange complaints

[Dieter Schicker]

Hi,

in my office I have to use evolution in order to be able to connect to
the company's exchange server. So far so bad, although it works passably
- with the exception that it's terribly slow and that it crashes every
few hours and that the access to the global addressbook does not work
and the junk filter filters nothing and and ... Please don't get me
wrong: I don't blame evolution for that, but the damned exchange server
and our IT department for not implementing a better (open source)
solution ... *sigh*.

One thing I couldn't find out so far is: How can I archive directories
from the exchange account locally? Is that possible at all?

Thanks
Dieter

PS: I really miss pine. Simple, reliable, accessible from
everywhere, ... *sigh*