>>> 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.
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