From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 25 20:35:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B440937B401 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 20:35:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.ufl.edu (sp16en1.nerdc.ufl.edu [128.227.74.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEBCB43E4A for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 20:35:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stest030@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu) Received: from bobj.dyndns.org (cpe-gan-68-101-90-216-cmcpe.ncf.coxexpress.com [68.101.90.216]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.ufl.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6/2.4.0) with ESMTP id g8Q3Zlhr090486 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 25 Sep 2002 23:35:48 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Bob Johnson To: Brian McCann , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need a solution Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 23:35:32 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <003f01c26505$d51db150$1500a8c0@dogbert> In-Reply-To: <003f01c26505$d51db150$1500a8c0@dogbert> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200209252335.33063.stest030@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu> X-Scanned-By: NERDC Open Systems Group (http://open-systems.ufl.edu/services/virus-scan/) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday 25 September 2002 10:38 pm, Brian McCann appears to have=20 written: > I've got a slight quandary. I need a FreeBSD/*nix solution to a > Microsoft Exchange server. Basically...Exchange server is what we > need as far as functionality, but it's way to expensive, > and...well...I really try not to use M$FT products when it comes to > servers. So...I need something that does a directory of contacts > (LDAP I assume will work), something that will share schedules, and > something that will act as a mail server and a "public folder" > server. I'm told IMAP CAN do this...but is this really the best > "groupware" for FreeBSD solution? Any suggestions? > IMAP is a mail server protocol: it doesn't directly address the rest=20 of your needs. Cyrus is an IMAP server that was designed as an=20 enterprise mail system and may be a good solution. Courier is=20 another IMAP server that has a lot of extra features that you might=20 find useful (Courier is actually a lot more than an IMAP server:=20 for example, it also includes a webmail server). http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/cyrus-overview-TOC.html http://www.courier-mta.org/ HP used to have a not-well-promoted Exchange Server replacement=20 for Unix, but they seem to have discontinued it. =20 "Public folders" would most likely be done with Samba: it provides=20 Windows networking compatibility. You won't get all of the features of Exchange, but you won't get all=20 of its weaknesses, either. - Bob > Thanks, > --Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message