From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 6 6: 3:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.vindaloo.com (ool-182dd047.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.208.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6401237B40F for ; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 06:03:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@vindaloo.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by fw.vindaloo.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f66D3HF16861; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:03:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from andale.vindaloo.com(192.168.133.3) via SMTP by fw.vindaloo.com, id smtpdR25998; Fri Jul 6 09:03:15 2001 Received: by andale.vindaloo.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9CBF84383; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 08:03:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:03:07 -0400 From: Christopher Sean Hilton To: Mark Drayton Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Replacing Exchange Message-ID: <20010706090307.A23835@andale.vindaloo.com> References: <510EAC2065C0D311929200A0247252622F794C@NETIVITY-FS> <20010706122628.A8858@hades.hell.gr> <20010706123756.A35166@tethys.valhalla.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010706123756.A35166@tethys.valhalla.net>; from mark.drayton@izr.com on Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 12:37:56PM +0100 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 Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 12:37:56PM +0100, Mark Drayton wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas (keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) wrote: > > Another feature that does not work with some MTA other than Exchange > > is the shared `group folders' that Outlook can read from an Exchange > > server. This is very similar to USENET newsgroups in functionality, > > and I usually prefer to install a local News server instead of > > depending on Exchange to do that work for me. > > You can implement shared folder/bulletin boards/whatever you call them > with the cyrus imapd (ports/mail/cyrus-imapd). These folders have to be > setup by the administrator (unless the users want to get personal with > 'man cryadm') although it would be quite trivial to make a web based > configuration utility for the users to do it themselves. The access > control is very granular -- you could allow users B and C to read one of > user A's mailboxes but only B to post to that box. > > Cyrus has a fairly steep learning curve (I'm learning now) but all > reports say it's worth the initial headache. It's very scalable and > flexible enough for almost every situation. > I'm interested in this too. In the process of investigation I've found that you need a few pieces to replace Exchange: An IMAP Server An LDAP Server for the Company Address Book I got most of this from skimming the Exchange Server Replacement How-to: http://www.moongroup.com/docs/exchange-replacement-howto/ I'd be interested in doing this but I have to say that Cyrus Imapd left a really bad taste in my mouth. Bad enough that I used Courier instead. Still the Idea of having a secure IMAP server that I could put in a DMZ would be cool. -- Chris Hilton chilton-at-vindaloo-dot-com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "All I was doing was trying to get home from work!" -- Rosa Parks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message