[Gloucs] Replacing an Exchange server

[Mark Adams]

Glyn Davies wrote:

> Yo LUGgables!
>
> Odd how many posts are MS related :)
>
> OK. I have a Linux box running samba that has rather smartly put a MS 
> server on the dole. However, the clients (a range of MS Windows 
> desktop boxes) need to run Outlook. The Linux server supporting POP3 
> and SMTP works like a charm but it is sooooooooo annoying sending an 
> email via Outlook. You keep having to add addresses each time you send 
> one. What I want is for a global email address book to be available to 
> all users
>
> So, can anyone reccomend a way of doing this? OpenLDAP looks like an 
> answer. Any others? Anything that supports Outlook calendaring would 
> be cool.
>
> I could delete Outlook and use Mozilla but does it support shared 
> address books? And what about calendaring?
>
> Any advice gratefully recieved.
>
OpenLDAP will do the address book thing.

There are a variety of ways to get the calendaring work "in a fashion", 
most of them unreliable.

If you're willing to pay cash (you must have *paid* to use Outlook) take 
a look at www.bynari.net at their InsightConnector product. Always gets 
good press, but I've never used it.

Mark.