From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 2 00:50:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 051B6106566C for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 00:50:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qc0-f182.google.com (mail-qc0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADF938FC18 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 00:50:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qcsg15 with SMTP id g15so1737100qcs.13 for ; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:50:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=TN+uutlxB4jp3hccgt60BmSnzfw44Da8JxUNJLOj5NY=; b=AXsWQsgLA/eX5IGYqw2wU/nAYU4/bgnvLQ76JqGkyh7b5VEnfYMLLCYyYUrztO/F+L jgvhesTxJtwo04Qgcspr/6wO3EgmhpHcgrXClblkXYQcBEZDi5bhULvZLf0cNXBesz7O 47E4VSjpiYrTcOXNJD4TOYHIvuakt34O3uXyondMZ8JqRkJTi7Eo1sdfSmfkuufQapCJ Vv5P0RwiqKsOureORp4fdPsQeC7XyExTFgj+/b7K0dl6oerQ+PETWyRHvZMyc1UqrbTe wYvdpQPMnPgUIWUBlw2PsXnRN/OAiVTiDhIzSqyB9R2iMD3Y1MD3aUqy+PXtqtWGM8eA Ab5A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.105.143 with SMTP id t15mr1555311qco.46.1338598219351; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:50:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.20.148 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 17:50:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.20.148 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Jun 2012 17:50:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <31DFBF41-37EC-43CF-A555-2D4E46F1F6E2@ee.ryerson.ca> References: <20120601121555.GF5335@home.opsec.eu> <4FC8B67D.5090208@digsys.bg> <31DFBF41-37EC-43CF-A555-2D4E46F1F6E2@ee.ryerson.ca> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 17:50:19 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: David Magda Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Daniel Kalchev Subject: Re: Why Are You NOT Using FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:50:21 -0000 On Jun 1, 2012 5:34 PM, "David Magda" wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2012, at 08:33, Daniel Kalchev wrote: > > > For example if one wants an e-mail server, that is better served in the long run by IMAP+MTA than any form of Exchange, because you are not tied to one single platform and that vendor's lunacy. Otherwise FreeBSD runs just fine as server for about any other OS client, provided those clients use standard Internet protocols. > > If all you want is e-mail, then there are certainly better options than Exchange IMHO. However, once you get into calendars (private and shared, with delegation to secretaries, etc.), meeting rooms, ActiveSync (to remotely wipe lost devices), then it's a whole different game. > > E-mail was solved a long time ago, but Exchange does many things on top of it that many organizations find very handy, and where there doesn't seem to be a decent open alternative. Zimbra, Kolab, OpenGroupware, Citadel, Zarafa, and many others have filled the gap in recent years. Zimbra in particular is very nice to work with. Especially the for-pay Network Edition. It's basically a drop-in replacement for Exchange, right down to the Outlook Connector and ActiveSync support. And the open-source version (which has the exact same web interface) is also very nice to work with. It's just a nice GUI/DB wrapper to Postfix, Cyrus IMAPd, MySQL, and various other OSS bits.