Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:20:56 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <mtaylor@bytecraft.com.au>, "freebsdquestions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Email and scheduling etc sigh -- Was Need IMAP Server SelectionAdvice Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEHKFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <1108963767.80214.357.camel@wstaylorm.dand06.au.bytecraft.au.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Murray Taylor > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:29 PM > To: freebsdquestions > Subject: Email and scheduling etc sigh -- Was Need IMAP Server > SelectionAdvice > > > > > > > > I had been admin' a moderatly sized > (cyrus/exim/spamassasin/clam-av) > > > setup until recently when we switched to the darkside. > (Don't ask, it's > > > still to painful to think about.)(If you're still curious > it had nothing > > > to do with email capabilities but with scheduling > capabilities and the > > > darkside client) > > > > This is the _BIG THING_ from managers .... > > Even thouogh I had found and trialled 2 - 3 grooupware ports ... the > managers wanted the darkside thing.... > > The perceived problem with all my previous offerings - they are web > based! > > Even though the functionality re calendering, group schedule manegement > (and tons more functions well outside of the darkside capabilities) was > all there... it didnt look like the stuff other execs were > using... cant > it sync with my PDA (some can) ... why do I need to go to a > web site and > go through that login stuff (ever heard of security? and you gotta do > this in a different fashion with micro$lop anyway) > > What is funny about this story is about 2 years ago I installed IMP at the ISP here strictly to provide a webinterface to the mailserver. I enabled Kronolith just purely for my own interest but left it open. Fast forward to today when I want to upgrade to IMP 3 - you guessed it, a huge number of customers are using the calendar now, so exporting and importing to the newer version is now going to be a Big Thing. I guess when they have to pay for it, it suddenly becomes a lot more interesting... :-/ Ted
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