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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 ...
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Aaron J. Seigo
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