[KLUG Members] Database gripe, Email setup script

[Adam Williams]

>I just took up the reins at a new company in Elkhart (down the road from you, 
>Richard!)  Many headaches and projects to dig through.  One of which is their 
>choice to use a Progress Database on AIX.  (Progress is the company 

What version of AIX?

>sueing/being sued by MySQL). 

Heh heh heh,  it warms my heart, the thought of someone sueing MySQL.

>Anyone have experience with this or Prophet 
>accounting software?  

Nope.

>It ties to a W2k IIS server that replicates some of the 
>data to Microsuck SQL to display on the website.  

What version of rebranded Sybase, or I mean, Microsuck?

You replicating into Microsuck simply the run a web app? WTF*! 

*What the Findoulas

>Tearing down and rebuilding 
>from scratch not an option, but I want suggestions on maybe ways to replace 
>one component at a time.  

What is your web app composed in?  What is the platform?

>I have to setup a warehouse in Florida in 6 months with 
>an onsite server and clients (and I REALLY don't want to mirror this nightmare).

Ouch!  I guess not.

>They (I hate to say WE) are also using MS Exchange for email on NT 4.0.  I was 

Ew!

>looking at possibly setting up QMail (like I have on this box)or ANY other MTA  

The MTA is actually the least important part.  Your selection of IMAP
and/or frontend is way mor important.  Use whatever MTA comes with your
favorite distro.

>and came across this link on sourceforge.  It is a script that helps you setup 
>POP/IMAP/WebMail (using Imp3) on RedHat 7.2  I thought "cool, that would have 
>helped a couple of months ago" but thought someone on the list might find it of 
>use.

If your going to go web based I'd look at phpgroupware,  it does lots of
stuff besides mail.