Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:09:53 -0500 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Brandon Gale <brandon@globaldiagnostics.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MS Exchange Message-ID: <oprwdjar0c8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <OJEMJMCPIMDLKHDCJPBNOEPMIFAA.brandon@globaldiagnostics.com> References: <OJEMJMCPIMDLKHDCJPBNOEPMIFAA.brandon@globaldiagnostics.com>
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:04:05 -0400, Brandon Gale <brandon@globaldiagnostics.com> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Philip Paeps [mailto:philip+freebsd@paeps.cx] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 2:37 AM >> To: ports@freebsd.org >> Cc: Brandon Gale >> Subject: Re: MS Exchange >> >> >> On 2003-09-29 22:54:31 (-0400), Brandon Gale >> <brandon@globaldiagnostics.com> wrote: >> > Does anyone know of a port or piece of software that emulates a >> MS Exchange >> > server and interfaces with MS Outlook clients? >> >> The only thing I can think of is SuSE's 'OpenExchange'. I've >> never used it >> myself (I prefer just plain IMAP and LDAP, and particularly doing >> away with >> lookout and that so-called 'operating system' on which is it said >> to 'run'), >> but it comes highly recommended by a friend of mine. That could >> mean I should >> find other friends though :-) > > Do you have a link to the homepage for OpenExchange? http://www.google.com/search?q=OpenExchange Google is your friend.. ;-) Anyway, you also can try to check at http://atmail.com/ , I haven't use it but I saw demo and it looks nice... Cheers, Mezz >> > I'm trying to provide an alternative to a potential client using Win2k >> > simply for the only reason that they require the functionality of an >> MS >> > Exchange server. >> >> Which functionality do they require? > > The main functionality is centralized email access, centralized calendar > sharing and centralized address book sharing, all done through their > familiar Outlook interface. > > I'm trying to convince the client that running a Win2k3 server is going > to > be much more costly than running a FreeBSD server. They agree in > principal, > but the three capabilities listed above are the sticking point in the > decision, which leads to MS Exchange server and the ship is sunk. > > I'm also considering pitching a fully web based groupware system, but > haven't found many options for that. In the ports tree all I could find > was > "phpGroupWare" which I'm not sure is still undergoing active development. > > Thanks, > Brandon > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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