From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 22 10:29:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9846106566B for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:29:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CB798FC13 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:29:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvg11 with SMTP id 11so350693pvg.13 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:29:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=mpZZBt+AhQJSKQ+w+nignz01tIo7xXA043rHS4Hj7bw=; b=wGKNaMFW6ESvxZvGBi5HULRnGtiSypik8MbvsxkGsch2Ee2IAulAdiVjX0zVrwEFxh +D2i4aZy/ibcpWnk5KCFUh+dJszIPh16iSNUenl6f4SEltUHHFJVkP2ZT6P1vUxLFOEd uKcshEmekoOsIrjaxO3n4/h9GRC7iBHLn9YjQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=MhoUwB12/UdGUSkLWZSS5PJlst67LeDKIVrw4O9la7CZFO3SBygwxyYux1OY2N7gLW b2iOx52Kga9OSoaL6I1lF63VYCZWvlgJYK7SRX+emsIx//Z4WjriFY0CO4xVTTXKORM9 GcWS4YtkxB1e+g46cbKd10pllB4QHasdaDKHA= Received: by 10.68.25.7 with SMTP id y7mr712578pbf.393.1303468146109; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:29:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.47.166 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:28:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:28:26 +0300 Message-ID: To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: FreeBSD Groupware Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:29:06 -0000 On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 03:44, TJ Varghese wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Odhiambo Washington = wrote: > >> Now, I have to revisit this subject after a year. >> >> Anyone knows of a concoction of software that can make me achieve the >> following with FreeBSD: >> >> Email Server >> =95 http, pop, smtp, and imap email access. >> =95 Global Address List facility >> =95 Personal Address List facility >> =95 Distribution/Mailing list capabilities >> =95 Personal and Group Scheduling through a calendar facility >> =95 Anti-Spam and Anti-virus >> =95 Stores Mail accounts and data in MySQL >> >> ... especially the 2nd and 3rd portions. >> >> What is the best groupware, based on MySQL, that runs on FreeBSD in this >> time and age? :) > > > > I've found Groupoffice Community edition reasonable competent with a rath= er > good looking UI. You'll need an SMTP & IMAP server set up separately. > > > /usr/ports/ww/groupoffice > > Ports have a rather old version of GO, but you could install it just to g= et > the most of the dependencies taken care of, then just download the latest > version from http://sourceforge.net/projects/group-office/ and install > whatever dependencies are missing. > > That said, FreeBSD isn't officially supported, so some things do take som= e > tweaking. I recall also that it prefers Postfix...I was using sendmail an= d > the vacation autoresponder was disabled. > > > UPDATE: Installation from source was such a breeze. I only encountered a small erro= r when the SQL tables were being populated, because I am running MySQL 5.5.8 which required ENGINE=3DMyISAM instead of TYPE=3DMyISAM. Now I just need to see if I get the features I need. --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Please consider the environment before printing this email.