Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:45:54 +0100 From: Christian Tischler <mail@myunix.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <423DC4E2.4080601@myunix.net> In-Reply-To: <101669762.20050320193027@wanadoo.fr> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNIENFFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <423DB62A.8030807@myunix.net> <101669762.20050320193027@wanadoo.fr>
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Anthony Atkielski wrote: >Christian Tischler writes: > > > >>The server side should be managed by BSD, but the client side is most >>surely an heterogeneous group. >> >> > >The server side of what? It all depends on the complete architecture of >your IT infrastructure. For some situations, sendmail and qpopper are >all you'll ever need. For other situations, you'll end up buying racks >of servers running Exchange. > >However, from what you've said thus far, it doesn't sound like Exchange >would be the right choice. > > > >>So a solution to somehow emulate/simulate an exchange server on an box >>(or cluster of sql horde what ever servers), and import this e.g. >>calendar data into a BSD solution. As I understand the so far mentioned >>products, these are quite capable of doing so. Then there would be an >>easy solution to different likes in clients. >> >> > >Do they really need a calendar function? > >Remember, once you start building this sort of stuff, it rapidly gets >more and more complicated. You might end up at some point realizing >that it would have all been easier with Exchange. > >If you _must_ have functionality equivalent to Exchange, then run >Exchange. But if you don't need that functionality, run something >simpler. > >For what it's worth, even fancy Outlook clients can access standard >SMTP/POP servers. You can build a backend using only simple software, >and then consider something more complex only if and when users >absolutely demand it. If you are forced into implementing a very >complex solution, consider going to Exchange rather than trying to >cobble something together, or you might spend the next ten years trying >to get it all to work. > > > Just to point out what I need, and then you probably will understand why I started this in the first place. I need to synchronize peoples (in the beginning only a few) calenders. As they all use Outlook I wanted to keep things easy on them. As I really fancy FreeBSD, I started to look for a way to combine both "worlds"... Christian
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