I'm getting a new laptop for the house and i'm trying to avoid paying for microsoft licences wherever possible, so it i'll be going with firefox and openoffice for net and word / excel type programmes

Is there an free, good alternative to outlook? or do i have to buy a copy of this?

I would be looking for smtp/pop3 email compatability, maybe a calender and contacts management. It would be good if i could import my outlook data into it too.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Ta

Gerry