On 5 Jun 2002, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote: > On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 17:45, levo wrote: > > > > You can work with PIM in two ways: client/server and peer to peer. > > > > > > For example, one can use Outlook for schedilng by having all the clients > > > connect to aserver (Exchange) or one can use Outlook in a peer to peer > > > mode and have each one manage his own or her schedule but be able to > > > send/recieve apointments via mail. Outlook also has a feature to share > > > busy/free time via http/ftp/smb. if you use the peer to peer mode, you > > > don't need Exchange, just a working mail server and a shared file server > > > somwhere (this can be as simple as a windows share somewhere). > > > > > I was told that Microsoft abandom peer-to peer Outlook path > > But of course you would be told that, otherwise all the customers that > pay for Exchange seats and server would get a *serious* cognitive > dissonance. Nevertheless Microsoft does not have the business ability to > kill this mode of work since it is how most Outlook users that access > their Internetemail from their ISP work and indeed it works flawlesly > in current versions (that is they say the next Outlook virus you get can > schedule you an apointment with some random person on the Internet if it > was so inclined...) > > > > > > Evoulition followsa similar path - in peer to peer mode you work in a > > > similar way to Outlook. > > > > Please confirm that Evolution has Server Path , i.e scheduler/calendar data is > > stored on server andEvolution/Outlook client communucates with Evolution > > server > > > > You got it slightly wrong - there is no Evolution server. Evolution > connector let's Evolution use Exchange. See for yourself: > http://www.ximian.com/products/connector/download.html > > If you are intrested in a complete server solution running on Linux for > use with both Outlook and a Linux client check out Bynri Software 's > Insight server (available here: http://www.bynari.net/) and/or HP > OpenMail (available here: http://www.openmail.com/cyc/om/00/index.html) > > The CEO of Bynari Software mentioned in an interview not so long ago > that they are working in cooperation with Evolution to produce an > Evolution version that works with InsightServer (why oh why didn't they > call it 'ChangeServer'? then every Exchange installation would have > become 'ex-ChangeServer'...) as well as Bynari's own Linux based client > (thus allowing your users to use the best PIM IMHO, Evolution, and at > the same time to to avoid using Exchange, somethingwhich is very much > recommended due to the high risk of exposure to terminal psychotic > attacks by your sysadmin if you go that path...) I have no data on the > current state of this effort. > > There is also one more route - the do it yourself Exchange replacement: > It is completly possible and feasible to recreate above 95% of Exchange > functionality using commonly available and free tools. The recepie for > this hack is as follows: > > Take 1 spoon openLDAP server, add 2 squirts of Courier IMAP,
Some claim that cyrus imapd should come here, as it is easier to support shared folders with it. > half a cup > of Qmail and 3 spoons ezmlm (ezmlm-idx is also possible but more salty). > Sprinkle some Qmailadmin and IMP webmail server according to taste and > top it all with several Perl scripts (the Yemenite version of the same > dish uses Python). Stir heartly and bake in the oven for 3 hours. and bake the installing sysadmin's nerves for another 2 or three days, for the lack of documentation of doing so ;-( -- Tzafrir Cohen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
