This is somewhat off topic, but since everyone here is probably interested in the topic, I thought I?d ask. I?m looking for a replacement for Exchange that will run on a Linux box. Preferably, it would support all the features of Exchange, but I realize that?s probably not possible. If anyone knows of a package like this for Linux, let me know. I?d like to get our network away for the Small Business Server that we?re using now. The licences are ludicrous. (We just spent $700 for 10 licences. And they?re taking 2 weeks to get the to us.) Matthew Walker Senior Software Engineer ePliant Marketing --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.345 / Virus Database: 193 - Release Date: 4/9/2002 -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
Pretty much the only game in town is a product from a company called bynari. They can be reached at www.bynari.net. I believe it's called the Insight Connector. I am not affiliated with Bynari in any way, and I've never used their product (or MS Exchange for that matter). But their program sounds compelling. Basically it allows any imap server to become a full exchange server. In other words, you can take your normal imap2000 mail server and drive outlook clients just like exchange would, making Imap function as a complete exchange server. cheers, Michael On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 00:37, Matthew Walker wrote:> This is somewhat off topic, but since everyone here is probably > interested in the topic, I thought I?d ask. > > I?m looking for a replacement for Exchange that will run on a Linux > box. Preferably, it would support all the features of Exchange, but I > realize that?s probably not possible. If anyone knows of a package like > this for Linux, let me know. I?d like to get our network away for the > Small Business Server that we?re using now. The licences are ludicrous. > (We just spent $700 for 10 licences. And they?re taking 2 weeks to get > the to us.) > > Matthew Walker > Senior Software Engineer > ePliant Marketing > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.345 / Virus Database: 193 - Release Date: 4/9/2002 >-- Public key available from http://students.cs.byu.edu/~torriem -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/attachments/20020414/0f5928a1/attachment.bin
Matthew: Have a look at Openmail for a true plugin replacement for Exchange. HP discontinued it officially last year, but interestingly enough Samsung have taken over development, here's a link to the story. http://www.theregus.com/content/6/24615.html <http://www.theregus.com/content/6/24615.html> I'm not sure what pricing will be like, but I would imagine it wouldn't be hard to beat Exchange for value.... ;) If you're tied to Outlook on the desktop, maybe give Bynari's Insight connector a look, it's supposed to allow you to do all the groupware functions on an IMAP based server, pretty neat as this allows you to potentially look at other mail client options once you have the server side sorted out. http://www.bynari.net <http://www.bynari.net> Note: I have only tested Openmail, that was around 12 months ago, I haven't used the Bynari software so can't comment on how good it really is, however in the number of Linux mailing lists I'm on it has been mentioned a number of times. HTH Couple of other links to back up your arguments: http://consultingtimes.com/capture.html <http://consultingtimes.com/capture.html> http://consultingtimes.com/erole.html <http://consultingtimes.com/erole.html> This is somewhat off topic, but since everyone here is probably interested in the topic, I thought I?d ask. I?m looking for a replacement for Exchange that will run on a Linux box. Preferably, it would support all the features of Exchange, but I realize that?s probably not possible. If anyone knows of a package like this for Linux, let me know. I?d like to get our network away for the Small Business Server that we?re using now. The licences are ludicrous. (We just spent $700 for 10 licences. And they?re taking 2 weeks to get the to us.) -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Matthew Walker wrote:> This is somewhat off topic, but since everyone here is probably > interested in the topic, I thought I?d ask. > > I?m looking for a replacement for Exchange that will run on a Linux > box. Preferably, it would support all the features of Exchange, but I > realize that?s probably not possible. If anyone knows of a package like > this for Linux, let me know. I?d like to get our network away for the > Small Business Server that we?re using now. The licences are ludicrous. > (We just spent $700 for 10 licences. And they?re taking 2 weeks to get > the to us.)I've recently come a Exchange compatible server that runs on Linux. It's from Bynari (www.bynari.com). The server is called Insight. They also have a connector plugin that lets Outlook connect to standard IMAP based servers. So you have two options to get away from Exchange. Kind regards, Tim -- =============================================================================Tim Verhoeven Music Services - Michel Stoffels GSM : 0496 / 693 453 + Deejayteam Email : dj@sin.khk.be + Sound & Light rentals URL : www.sin.khk.be/~dj/ + P.A. services =========Public PGP-Key at : http://www.sin.khk.be/~dj/publickey.txt========= Member of Student Information Networking (www.sin.khk.be)
Its called Bynari. Look at Bynari.net. Not only does it do EVERYTHING, its supposed to work great! Sanjiv -----Original Message----- From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of Matthew Walker Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:38 AM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] Exchange Replacement (OT) This is somewhat off topic, but since everyone here is probably interested in the topic, I thought I?d ask. I?m looking for a replacement for Exchange that will run on a Linux box. Preferably, it would support all the features of Exchange, but I realize that?s probably not possible. If anyone knows of a package like this for Linux, let me know. I?d like to get our network away for the Small Business Server that we?re using now. The licences are ludicrous. (We just spent $700 for 10 licences. And they?re taking 2 weeks to get the to us.) Matthew Walker Senior Software Engineer ePliant Marketing --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.345 / Virus Database: 193 - Release Date: 4/9/2002 -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
>If you're tied to Outlook on the desktop, maybe give Bynari's Insight connector a >look, it's supposed to allow you to do all the groupware functions on an IMAP based >server, pretty neat as this allows you to potentially look at other mail client options >once you have the server side sorted out.>http://www.bynari.netLooks like version 2.9 is free for a limited time too... -- Mike Rambo mrambo@lsd.k12.mi.us
According to the news article it needs to run on Solaris 8 and have access to an Oracle 8i database server.> -----Original Message----- > From: samba-admin@lists.samba.org > [mailto:samba-admin@lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of Dirk Allaert > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 01:05 > To: Samba > Subject: Re: [Samba] Exchange Replacement (OT) > > > Maybe Sendmail Calendar Server is a worthy replacement, just read about > it myself. We are using sendmail on our mail servers anyway, we might > give it a try. > > http://serverwatch.internet.com/icom_cgi/print/print.cgi?url=http://serverwatch.internet.com/news/2002_04_15_b.html -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
There is also Suse email server III http://www.suse.de/uk/products/suse_business/email_server/index.html <http://www.suse.de/uk/products/suse_business/email_server/index.html> Sue -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed