OpenGroupWare

[Kevin Brown]

>>> Has anyone used OpenGroupWare or OGo? 
>>> http://www.opengroupware.com/ I'm thinking of moving a client
>>> over to it who has been wanting Exchange but not the pricetag for
>>> a while.
>>> 
>>> How does it work (ie, does it sit on top of a sendmail/imap or
>>> replace it)? How stable/scalable is it? Thanks for any opinions!
>>> 
>>> -Simon
>>> 
>> I've been meaning to set it up for years now just to find out how
>> well it works. It doesn't replace your MTA or IMAP/POP daemon. It
>> looks like its main mechanism is through webdav.
>> 
>> http://www.opengroupware.org/en/devs/docs/OGoArchitecture.png
>> 
>> If you do set it up, I would be interested in what you find out
>> about it compared to things like Exchange, Groupwise or Domino.

> The main sticking point for me on it was the outlook integration. The
> plugin essentially turns MAPI with NTLM auth into pop3 type 
> configuration. (username/pass)
> 
> I wish there was something out there that would just use the 
> credentials you already have, and auth with that.  Of course I guess 
> the lack of sufficient documentation on the MAPI API sort of hinders 
> that.

The lack of documentation works in Microsoft's favor.  That is how they
keep other clients from working with exchange or competitors from making
a groupware system that will work with Outlook.