Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:59:30 -0700 From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: replacing MS Exchange? Message-ID: <20020523145930535.AAA312@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> In-Reply-To: <bulk.37426.20020523061000@hub.freebsd.org>
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> Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 12:29:50 +0200 > From: Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx> > > On 2002-05-23 09:10:48, Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> wrote: > > Hi - > > > I'm looking to replace an MS Exchange server for a small company. > > Good plan! > > > It only does internal mail and the mail client is MS Outlook 97. I want to, > > more or less, transparently to the end user, rip out the MS Exchange server > > and drop in a FreeBSD IMAP and LDAP server. This needs to support the usual > > shared task lists, shared folders and shared contact lists along with email > > address books. > > That would be the way to do it. I've set up numerous solutions like that. I > use Cyrus IMAP, OpenLDAP and Postfix. My users generally use Evolution as > their mail-clients. That will sort you out on the mail and the address lists. > As far as task lists go: I usually work for companies where those things are > written in-house. I'm sure you could use a database though, and somehow > convince it to talk to the users. > > Migrating might be a bit of a pain in the neck, especially if you want to do > it 'transparently' as you say. Exchange stores data in two *huge* files, of > which I still haven't figured out the format. I suggest you configure your > clients such, that they store the mail locally while you migrate. Or, you set > up an Exchange IMAP server, and 'replicate' the mailboxes on a real IMAP > server. > > > Yes, I've been searching already but most of the info I've found has been > > either so generic as to be useless or religous wars. > > Indeed. > > - Philip Since Exchange has various proprietary hooks into the MS mail clients, should probably see if they're horribly attached to those first. If so, I am told that "HP Open Mail" is almost a drop-in replacement for Exchange, although it's not open-source. (I believe a Korean company has taken over support of it.. Samsung?) HTH, Phil -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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