[Gllug] MS Exchange - groupware replacement

[Juergen Schinker]

>>>     
>> 1) Cyrus-Imapd with postfix
>> 2) opengroupware.org  (has MAPI-Connector)
>> 3) Mobiles with IMAP(S)-Clients (maybe a syncml solution for PUSH)
>>   
> I have several OpenGroupware, Sendmail, Cyrus-imap installations live. 
> The MAPI connector is flaky, has a few undocumented features and doesn't 
> support OL 2007. There is a new MAPI connector in the wings that I have 
> yet to test that is supposed to support OL 2007
> 

Cool , IMHO Mapi is closed source (protocol) and everyone who wants to 
write a connector has to subscribe NDA ,pay licence etc pp -> dead end

> I like OpenGroupware because it just sits alongside whatever e-mail 
> system is already there. But, OGo's own webmail client prefers Cyrus 
> IMAP. When I tried it with Dovecot with the OGo-WebUI process swallowed 
> the server's CPU.
> 
> As far as IMAP clients go, I have found most regular users are addicted 
> to Outlook and find the small difference between that and Thunderbird to 
> be a real obstacle. I don't get it myself, as I find MS's IMAP 
> implementation in Outlook a disaster. Their representation of deleted 
> messages is just obtuse.
> 
I found that regular users have a problem with the cross-access to other
users Inbox when migrating from OL to Thunderbird with a existing Exchange.

> So it all works but there are some wrinkles to get round. A solid Open 
> Source Groupware system is a key requirement.
> 
> :-) Ken
> 
Do you know about a PUSH Solution to mobiles?

J

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