Alternitives to exchange server ? (Entelin)

[Craig White]

Likewise Samsung Open Mail...

check out Horde project <www.horde.org>

also, KDE is developing opensource alternative collaboration server at
the behest of the German government.

Craig

On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 08:56, George Gambill wrote:
> Some thoughts I collected over the past few months.  I am not aware of any
> free replacements but these should be considerably less expensive and are
> Linux based.  Hope they help.
> 
> ***
> 
> SuSE Openexchange Server
> Bynari (bynari.net) offers "Insight Server"
> http://www.bynari.net/Life_After_Windows.pdf
> 
> ***
> 
> Date: 19 Apr 2003 09:23:02 -0700
> Jeremy:
> 
> Here's a link to the SuSE Openexchange Server website:
> 	
> www.suse.com/us/business/products/suse_business/openexchange/index.html
> Their website has an on-line demo of the product.
> 
> It's basically a portal/email server that performs the
> functions of Microsoft Exchange. It's really an Exchange replacement.
> There is also a product called Insight Server from Bynari at
> www.bynari.net that performs similar functions.
> 
> Neither product is free, but SuSE Openexchange Server is cheaper than
> Bynari Insight Server and much cheaper than Microsoft Exchange.
> 
> The main advantage of using these products is that you get a GUI based
> installation and configuration feature. Each product includes some
> proprietary features to make installation and configurations less
> challenging. If instead, you build your own email server, from Open
> Source components, then you are forced to manually edit the config files
> or create your own installation and configuration scripts.
> 
> So, even in these "budget challenged" times, there is no reason
> to tolerate an expensive, unreliable or ineffective email server.  
> 
> To every professional or business person that I know, email has become
> a "mission critical" service. When their email server is down, their
> business is down. Running their own email server, allows them to take
> control of this important service. It becomes more attractive when you 
> realize that you don't have to install any additional hardware in your
> offices to get these benefits. 
> 
> However, if you are already running other servers in your offices, then
> one more won't be a problem.
> 
> Sincerely,
> W. E. Brooks
> Senior Systems Consultant
> WebKnowledge Consultants
> Email: brooksw@webknowledge.com
> Web: www.webknowledge.com
> 
> ***
> 
> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 13:56:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Scott H <scottlhenderson@yahoo.com>
> Subject: MS2LINUX - some links
> To: PLUG <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> 
> Hi,all.  In my quest to replace MS with Linux and
> Open Source within a mid-sized corp, I came
> across a couple of things I want to pass on. 
> 
> First, what seems to be a better MS Exchange
> server replacement: Bynari's "Insight Server". I
> had been looking at "Communigate Pro" from
> stalker.com, but this product is still in beta
> and has a number of holes left to be filled in.
> I've grown frustrated trying to work through the
> issues, and waiting for the completed product.
> Bynari (bynari.net) offers "Insight Server" and
> the "Insight Connector for Outlook" which have
> been availiable since May. Insight Server will
> run on Intel, and IBM Mainframes. Bynari is
> partnering with Alt-N Technologies to produce a
> server that will run on Windows, as well. 
> Insight Server has been through a few versions
> and patches already, and seems way ahead of
> Communigate Pro. I'll be testing it soon in my
> lab.  
> 
> Second, on Bynari's web site I found an excellent
> whitepaper for any MS System Admin considering a
> migration from a MS network to a Linux-based
> system.  It's called "Life after Windows NT
> Server 4.0: An Alternative IT Infrastructure". 
> It's a great explanation of the issues
> surrounding such a migration and how to solve
> them by going to Linux instead of Win2K and AD: 
> http://www.bynari.net/Life_After_Windows.pdf
> 
> There are other articles discussing MS-Linux
> issues and replacing MS Exchange at
> http://www.bynari.net/whitepapers.html
> 
> ***
> 
> > There is a commercial (not free but much less $$$ than MS) equivalent
> > (Linux) to MS Exchange.  (per others)
> 
> OpenMail shows promise.
> 
> ***
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> 
> Message: 6
> Subject: Alternitives to exchange server ?
> From: Entelin <entelin@users.sourceforge.net>
> To: Phoenix Linux Users Group <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Organization: 
> Date: 11 May 2003 20:46:09 -0700
> Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> 
> Are there any alternatives to exchange server's groupware features? my
> definition of an alternative would be....
> 
> Server runs on Linux
> Has compatibility with evolution and outlook
> preferably opensource