[Sussex] MS Exchange replacements?

[Mark Harrison]

Niall,

I'm evaluating opengroupware.org. Ultimately, it provides the same services
as Exchange PLUS Sharepoint portal server, so is a pretty damn comprehensive
suite.

It's the free (no money) derivative from Skyrix, and not _quite_ as stable
yet... but catching up fast.

It's actually an overlay layer that sits on top of:

- A messaging server, recommended = Cyrus, also works with Courier and
Washington
- An LDAP server, recommend = OpenLDAP, also works with Sun ONE and Novell
- A database server, recommend = Postgress, also works with Frontbase
(included) Oracle (chargeable), and Sybase (chargeable)

The bad news is that if you want to continue to use Outlook, you need a
WebDAV middleware server such as Zidestore (open source), and (and here's
the rub), a MAPI Storage Provider (such as Zidelook).

The Zidestore server is also needed for integrating with things like Ximian
evolution. However, there's a native web interface.


If I'm honest, if you need a product TODAY, then go for SUSE Groupware
server and Skyrix. If you can wait, even just a month or so, then OGo looks
like being an excellent product.

Regards,

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AG" <antiguru at fade.co.uk>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:23 AM
Subject: [Sussex] MS Exchange replacements?


> Is anyone working with any of the Exchange replacements? (Bynari etc).
>
> I keep being asked to replace Exchange's functionality (when in fact 90%
of
> users don't bother) so I've got to give it a shot. Any other suggestions
> much appreciated!
>
> Tks
>
> Niall
>
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