Being dull and boring is better than the daily sh**show that was Lotus Notes.
The bottom line is that after using Lotus Notes for several years I can no longer complain about apps like Outlook, Apple Mail, or even Thunderbird. Your school may offer Office 2016 for Mac for free. I had a lot of calendar and meeting invitation sync issues between Apple Mail and the Outlook users that I need to work with. Includes new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. I use the native app versions that come with Microsoft 365. I don’t have any issues with notifications with Outlook on macOS or iOS. My hope is that Microsoft doesn’t dumb down the universal version of Outlook to make it more like the current Windows version. Office 365 Home : Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook plus online storage and more for up to 5 users. The Mac version is actually better than the Windows version for one big reason - unified inbox. Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac is also available as part of the Office 365 for Mac subscription services, which use a software as a service model and are intended for home and business users alike. You cannot record the movements of the laser pointer while recording voice to your PowerPoint presentation on Mac, but can on the windows version (for several years now)!
Nice to see they are working on something that won’t be partially neutered on Mac. These programs, which include Excel, Powerpoint, Word, OneNote, and Outlook, are available for Apple Macs running operating systems such as OS X.