I second that! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Shawn > Sent: May 10, 2004 11:24 PM > To: CLUG General > Subject: RE: [clug-talk] kolab > > > I'd be intersted in seeing a presentation on this... > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Aaron J. Seigo > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [clug-talk] kolab > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hey all... > > i've mentioned kolab a few times in recent times... and now we have our > first > successful kolab install =) we're pretty excited about it as it's > the first > time we've actually had the opportunity to install and run a Kolab server. > the best part is that it actualy works as advertised. imagine that, a Free > Software groupware server! =))) > > "we" is Andy Kopciuch and myself. this first install is for a > local client. > we > went with Kolab for them primarily due to the admin web interface: they > aren't tech people, but need to manage their email. > > after Andy and I (well, mostly Andy ;) played around with > building the Kolab > packages from source for Fedora Core 1 (which is what the client > is running > on their server), we got all the RPMs built and installed. from > there it was > a simple matter of /etc/init.d/kolab start. > > that got us pop3, pop3+TLS, pop3s (SSL), IMAP, IMAP+TLS, imaps (SSL), LDAP > addressbook, seive IMAP filters, ASMTP (authenticated SMTP) w/TLS, shared > folders, and a spanky (SSL secured) web admin interface. > > we didn't install the web client as that's another adventure > (they are still > working on stabalizing that, though apparently it's usable as is) > > all in all, it's a pretty impressive set up for a rather minimal > effort (esp > if you already have binaries built for you ;) ... Mandrake is already > shipping with Kolab, and I expect SUSE and others to follow suit as well. > > adding users, setting up the server, turning on/off the various features > (e.g. > POP3 or IMAP), setting up folders, etc... is all done via the web > interface > which is quite simple to use. on the downside, the more complex > stuff (like > multiple virtual domains) requires more by-hand work editting the actual > config files. but for your basic one-domain set up, it's more > that adequate. > > performance is quite good, as one would expect. > > and the future looks bright as well, as Kolab2 is already in the works! > here's > the announcement on the mailing list: > > http://kolab.org/pipermail/kolab-users/2004-April/000092.html > > the big highlights are that an Outlook client is part of the > Kolab2 roadmap > (right now it's an add-on you have to get from various third > parties), KDE's > Kontact will be the official non-Windows client and a host of features are > being added including: > > ACLs > User groups and quotas > Shared folder support across the supported clients (read: Outlook ;) > Overview calendars > Delegation (e.g. administrative assistant <-> boss) > Project collaberation > Virus filtering > Multi-location capabilities > Improved web admin > > this is, once again, being funded by contracts won by a group of German > companies. very impressive stuff! > > if there is interest, Andy and I would be happy to do a full Kolab > presentation for CLUG ... > > - -- > Aaron J. Seigo > GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 > while (!horse()); cart(); > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAoFTh1rcusafx20MRAl5RAJ9HyJ4gGA2ydRQNdQwMqFzNVclYxQCcCid5 > WXJSb/iRgQl/pH9Zano7iAM= > =9SPP > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >
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