[KLUG Members] Another Potential Exchange Replacement

[Chester Wisniewski]

>Message: 1
>Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Exchange Server replacement
>From: Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org>
>To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
>Date: 23 Mar 2003 04:28:21 -0500
>Reply-To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
>
>>>What solution would you recommend for a FULL M$ Exchange server 
>>>replacement?
>>>Does anyone have any live experience with this?  and if so, what kind 
>>>of userbase do you have with your organization?
>>>I looked for a link in the KLUG web site under apps and servers but 
>>>didn't find one.  (hint hint)
>>SuSE has a server package out, it's called SuSE OpenExchange. It's $1200
>>www.suse.com that's all I know off the top of my head.
>There are currently several - Lotus Notes, OpenExchange, Bynari, and
>Oracle Collaboration Suite.
>All are commercial.  
>>From my scoping about I do not believe there will an Open Source
>>equivalent to any of the above for a very long time; possibly never. 
>>For really stupid political reasons.  If someone wanted to do a study on
>>the type of projects where Open Source actually won't work, this would
>>be a good place to start.
>Anywho....
>KLUG has contacted all of the above groupware product teams.  We will
>certainly be hosting a meeting on Lotus Notes and SuSeOpen Exchange by
>people who actually support those products on our favorite platform.  No
>time frame yet,  but it will happen.
>Neither Oracle or Bynari have responded to requests for an appearance.
>
>KLUG has tentatively schedules a visit by IBM, presenting on Lotus Notes
>on Linux.  Date: 2003-07-22

>Keep an eye on the schedule page for more information.
>http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/meetings/schedule.php3


It is unclear what the exact licensing is (I had read it was free for
personal use somewhere) but Samsung has officially taken over the old HP
OpenMail project. I used this mail server on Redhat 6.2 back in the day and
it was wonderful. It was a full-featured drop-in exchange replacement and
admin was a breeze. Here are a few links I found:

http://samsungcontact.com
http://freshmeat.net/projects/samsungcontact/?topic_id=31%2C32%2C33%2C35%2C3
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