[Leaplist] exchange replacement?

[Ray Brunkow]

jms1 at jms1.net wrote:
> howdy all-
>
> i have a potential client who needs an exchange server, but can't afford
> 100 client access licenses and doesn't want to "hack" anything to run
> illegal or unlicensed software. they aren't married to windows, and as
> long as the clients on their (desktop? browser?) do what they need, they
> don't care if the server is windows, linux, mac, solaris, or an old
> refrigerator.
>
> specifically, they need:
>
> - email (obviously, and that's not a problem)
> - shared calendars
> - shared task lists
>
> the only other thing i remember exchange server offering is shared storage
> folders, and (1) they don't need that, and (2) if they did, i'm pretty
> sure dovecot (the IMAP server i plan to use) already has a way to do it.
>
> i *know* i'm not the first person to run into this issue, and i plan to do
> some research on "groupware" stuff later this evening. i'm just curious if
> anybody else on the list has had any real experience with this issue, and
> what they ended up doing.
>
> (no sig, sending via webmail)
>
>   
A short google search came up with 2 that might help.  Geek2Live:

http://geek2live.blogspot.com/2007/06/ms-exchange-open-source-replacement.html

and OpenChange:

http://www.openchange.org/

no clue if either of these will work for you, but I hope it helps some what.

-- 
Raymond L. Brunkow
5th Degree Black Belt
Certified Instructor
Choong Sil Kwan TaekwonDo Federation


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