From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 10:10:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0577916A4B3 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:10:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao06.cox.net (lakemtao06.cox.net [68.1.17.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DC1E43FF5 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:10:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([68.103.37.247]) by lakemtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031001171056.XFHV26456.lakemtao06.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:10:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:09:53 -0500 To: Brandon Gale References: From: Jeremy Messenger Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera7.20/Linux M2 build 468 cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MS Exchange X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:10:59 -0000 On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:04:05 -0400, Brandon Gale wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Philip Paeps [mailto:philip+freebsd@paeps.cx] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 2:37 AM >> To: ports@freebsd.org >> Cc: Brandon Gale >> Subject: Re: MS Exchange >> >> >> On 2003-09-29 22:54:31 (-0400), Brandon Gale >> wrote: >> > Does anyone know of a port or piece of software that emulates a >> MS Exchange >> > server and interfaces with MS Outlook clients? >> >> The only thing I can think of is SuSE's 'OpenExchange'. I've >> never used it >> myself (I prefer just plain IMAP and LDAP, and particularly doing >> away with >> lookout and that so-called 'operating system' on which is it said >> to 'run'), >> but it comes highly recommended by a friend of mine. That could >> mean I should >> find other friends though :-) > > Do you have a link to the homepage for OpenExchange? http://www.google.com/search?q=OpenExchange Google is your friend.. ;-) Anyway, you also can try to check at http://atmail.com/ , I haven't use it but I saw demo and it looks nice... Cheers, Mezz >> > I'm trying to provide an alternative to a potential client using Win2k >> > simply for the only reason that they require the functionality of an >> MS >> > Exchange server. >> >> Which functionality do they require? > > The main functionality is centralized email access, centralized calendar > sharing and centralized address book sharing, all done through their > familiar Outlook interface. > > I'm trying to convince the client that running a Win2k3 server is going > to > be much more costly than running a FreeBSD server. They agree in > principal, > but the three capabilities listed above are the sticking point in the > decision, which leads to MS Exchange server and the ship is sunk. > > I'm also considering pitching a fully web based groupware system, but > haven't found many options for that. In the ports tree all I could find > was > "phpGroupWare" which I'm not sure is still undergoing active development. > > Thanks, > Brandon > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.