Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 13:43:09 GMT From: MIkel King <mikel@ocsinternet.com> To: Enriko Groen <enriko.groen@netivity.nl> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Replacing Exchange Message-ID: <20010706.13430900@thoth.upan.org> In-Reply-To: <510EAC2065C0D311929200A0247252622F794C@NETIVITY-FS> References: <510EAC2065C0D311929200A0247252622F794C@NETIVITY-FS>
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Enriko, I would suggest that you consider StarOffice, as it has many of the=20 features that you wish, however; I am quite certain that there will be=20 some additional administrative overhead geeting everything setup and=20 working exactly like ex. You will most likely want to setup either qmail or postfix...and=20 definitely you will need an IMAP4 server. I am not exectly sure how well= =20 SO52 handles calendaring but it looks pretty simple, it's something=20 definitely worth playing with though... --=20 Ok I must go and fsck my brain for a bit, it's been a rather long day..= . Cheers, MIkel=20 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 7/5/01, 8:49:28 AM, Enriko Groen <enriko.groen@netivity.nl> wrote=20 regarding Replacing Exchange: > Hi, > Although I realise that this is not really a FreeBSD specific question= , I > think this is the best place for me to drop it. > I'm just wondering if any one here has experience with replacing a=20 Microsoft > Exchange server with a FreeBSD based system. > My company (at this moment about 15 people) has started off using MS > products (MS Office, Exchange, IIS). I'm slowly (to my feeling)=20 introducing > FreeBSD based machines/servers. > The one that bugs me most is the Outlook + Exchange duo. Outlook is a = beast > and possibly the worst MUA around (preaching to the converted here). > However, we are quite used to some Outlook functions like calendar, > contacts, public folders and hotsync'ing with Palm/Psion. > I think we will stick with Windows as a desktop platform but we are=20 willing > to take a look at for instance StarOffice. > Any suggestions? Links? Experiences? Anything is welcome... > -- > Enriko Groen, Hosting manager > -------------------------------------------------------- > netivity bv www.netivity.nl enriko.groen@netivity.nl > 038 - 850 1000 van nagellstraat 4 8011 eb zwolle > -------------------------------------------------------- > 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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