Alternitives to exchange server ? (Entelin)

[George Gambill]

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.

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SuSE Openexchange Server
Bynari (bynari.net) offers "Insight Server"
http://www.bynari.net/Life_After_Windows.pdf

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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

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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

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> There is a commercial (not free but much less $$$ than MS) equivalent
> (Linux) to MS Exchange.  (per others)

OpenMail shows promise.

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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

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Entelin <entelin@users.sourceforge.net>