Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 10:14:56 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'paksao' <paksao@home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: outlook alternative for freeBSD ? Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105BB9@site2s1>
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If the workstations are going to stay windows workstations. Just setup IMAP mail on the freebsd server and point netscape/eudora/outlook to the IMAP server. Check out imap-uw in the ports. As for PDC, samba provides PDC functionality, but it is still in beta. (I've played with it a little bit and it did seem to work tho). or are all the workstations going to FreeBSD as well? -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: paksao [SMTP:paksao@home.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 9:19 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: outlook alternative for freeBSD ? > > I've been playing with freeBsd for a while now at work and I like it and > I'm just starting to get to the point where I understand how it works > but I am facing a crisis and I don't have time to search out the > solution from the man pages and my friends who use BSD don't know the > answer. > > A new manager has come in and he likes MS outlook he thinks it is the > way the company should go with email and inter-office communications and > email. he also likes NT( He never administered it but he considers > himself an expert). After using it as a (fileserver/PDC for 3 yrs I > don't though it may be a function of my not having configured it > correctly. My heart hasn't been in it though I have done a lot of > reading and brought a lot of books.) I have plans to switch over to a > freeBSD 3.2 server, with Samba as a PDC and Run our main database on a > Linux box using Oracle 8. > > But In order to keep from being saddled with another NT server( when I > want to get rid of the one I have now.) I need to provide an alternative > to the Outlook proposal and hopefully a cost effective one. > > I think I have enough pull to get a freebsd proposal accepted but I need > some help figuring out how to implement it or even if it is possible > within a reasonable timeframe. > > additional background > -company has 35 employees will expand to 65 in the next year. > - I am the IS department > - my users don't know Unix,bsd and are only reasonable competent in > windows. > -for email we use Eudora 3.0 and Netscape 4.5 on the workstations but > if the have to learn outlook they can learn to use something else > though they are going to need to have a GUI > -office 97 is the current office suite mostly word, exceland access > - I've done 3 installs ( 2 2.2.8 with xwindows,KDE,samba and 1 3.2 that > is as yet unconfigured) > -the users are using windows NT ws,windows 95 and windows 98 > -workstations are shared forthe most part and the user should be able > to access their files email and hte internet from any work station > > So my questions are: > > Has anybody done this? (Used freebsd to provide an effective alternative > to NT/Outlook.) > > How would you suggest I go about it? The field is preetty much wide open > since I would be starting from scratch ( I would need to buy hardware > and software.) > > Is there commercial or opensource workgroup software for freebsd? > > I probably left some important details out so feel free to contact me > for clarifiction. > > TIA > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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