Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 12:32:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Fernando P . Schapachnik" <fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar>, please don't continue on <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Exchange substitute Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105181218380.16636-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> In-Reply-To: <200105181924.MAA01383@usr05.primenet.com>
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On Fri, 18 May 2001, Fernando P . Schapachnik wrote: > Sorry if these are not the appropiate fora. advocacy is probably not appropriate; please consider continuing this discussion just on chat. > I need to find a reliable, unix-based MS Exchange > substitute. I mean, not only POP/SMTP/IMAP which are easy, but > embeded calendar, agenda, shared address book, etc. On Fri, 18 May 2001, Terry Lambert wrote: > Sendmail + Cyrus IMAP from ports will do the job. This will do the shared/group calendaring? > Are you using any esorteric features of Excahnge that we > should know about? You may also need to add OpenLDAP 2.0 > or other software, if you are. I also am curious about this. On Tuesday, I gave a presentation about BSD, open source, and Linux; and some of the audience asked me about alternatives for MS Exchange/Outlook -- in particular they were interested in providing shared calendars. (I guess this is called "groupware".) I have only heard about evolution, so it was my only answer. But then later, I remembered reading about HP's OpenMail. It is available for Linux -- maybe it runs under FreeBSD. My Agilent-working father believes that OpenMail is mostly compatible with MS Exchange's features (and since he is a former-HP employee, he believes it is a lot better). But, I believe that OpenMail isn't being supported anymore, and in the next few years it will be phased out. As for evolution, I don't know much about it. I hear that it uses some iCalendar protocol and will work with other calendaring systems. Fernando, the "unix-based MS Exchange substitute" may really involve two parts: the server and the clients that work with it. You may want to see if the clients you are using support iCalendar or Open Mail. Jeremy C. Reed http://www.reedmedia.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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