[sclug] Domains, email web hosting

[Hamlesh Motah]

I have been asked to look into Exchange alternatives for clients in the
past, every time none of the open source solutions can rival Exchange.
Most have "buggy issues" and cannot be relied upon in the enterprise
environment at present.  People don't want to be using "plugins" for
outlook to synchronise their contact information.

The only true alternative imo would be to use;

IMAP for email
LDAP for contact information
iCAL for calender exchanges

Still not as "all in one" and integrated into Outlook as Exchange is
(for obvious reasons).

There are hosting companies (not mine) that will happily provide you
space on a hosted Exchange server, if you drop me an email off of the
list I can point you in their direction.

Just my pennies worth.

Hamlesh Motah.


: -----Original Message-----
: From: sclug-bounces at sclug.org.uk 
: [mailto:sclug-bounces at sclug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Leon Ward
: Sent: 05 April 2005 14:21
: To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
: Subject: Re: [sclug] Domains, email web hosting
: 
: 
: OpenGroupware.org is one suggestion, I have used it in the 
: past but it had "issues". It may have improved in the last year or so.
: 
: Openexchange also pops to mind, although I have not tried it.
: 
: phpgroupware is another option.
: 
: -Leon
: 
: 
: On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 13:42 +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote:
: > Hi all,
: > 
: > I have 3 domains that I need the following for:
: > 1. Ordinary email
: > 2. Webmail
: > 3. Shared address books and calendars
: > 
: > Lotus Notes based solutions are NOT an option.  So far only option 
: > seems
: > to be hosted Exchange Server. 
: > 
: > Has anyone got any other suggestions?
: > 
: > Thanks in advance,
: > 
: > Patrick
: > 
: > 
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