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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:49:14 -0700
From:      "Kurt Buff" <kurt.buff@gmail.com>
To:        ivan@careytech.com.au
Cc:        Cheffo <cheffo@freebsd-bg.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MS exchange alternatives for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <a9f4a3860706270949o16336609rcca4f0c6dce2ca9d@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <468202FC.1030800@careytech.com.au>
References:  <46813B83.80709@FreeBSD-BG.org> <468202FC.1030800@careytech.com.au>

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On 6/26/07, Ivan Carey <ivan@careytech.com.au> wrote:
> Cheffo wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I have server running postfix + courier-imap, and I'm looking for
> > someway to add possibility to exchange calendars/contacts/meeting
> > invitations/etc between mail clients.
> >
> > Can someone recommend calendar, that is compatible with windows
> > clients and can be run under FreeBSD?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > P.S. Please CC me on reply as I'm not subscribed to -questions.
> >
> Hello Cheffo,
> I wanted to do what you asked and after a lot of research I was able to
> achieve this by installing on the FreeBSD server openldap for the email
> addresses and a WEBDAV folder in Apache for the calendar.
> My setup has my email address in the ldap server and these addresses can
> be accessed by Outlook and Thunderbird.
> I use Sunbird as the calendar and publish the calendar to the webdav folder.
>
> The ldap server can be maintained by phpldapadmin
> http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/
>
> This setup allows all users to have access to a common email address
> book and a common calendar.
>
> The only thing I was unable to do was setup an imap server to allow
> access to Common emails.
>
> I am interested in being able to set up an imap server.
>
> Regards,
> Ivan

While I don't have this kind of setup myself, I usually see either
Cyrus or Dovecot mentioned for IMAP on the Postfix list as being one
of the better choices.

Kurt



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