I was not aware that mcafee had a linux product. I hope it works better than their exchange product.
(I like the idea of not having to pay M$ for anything new; I wish my ccompany were in a position to knock off exchange too) Anyway, it depends upon how users are abusing outlook/exchange. Over here, all are using a companywide global address list; some have special mail folders; some are using calendaring (some shared); nobody in their right mind (take that with a grain of salt at my company-nobody is in their right mind) is using that infernal journalling; I and a couple of others have a few of those "pop notes" (I'm sure those are stored as messages) Outlook has alot of functionality that is provided either by local files (contacts, local address list, journal, messages, calendar) or an exchange server ( global address list, address synchronization messages between servers, journal, messages, calendar, etc) If users are using the functionality that can't be represented as a message in a folder (and I believe calendaring messages can), that info will have to be ported to local files and not the new IMAP server. Synchronization of shared lists could be an issue that could be fixed on the client sie. Just my $0.04 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [brluglist] converting from M$ Exchange to UNIX mail server > At 07:29 PM 3/15/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >I am aware that Exchange has all sorts of connectors; but, I was not aware > >that it had an IMAP connector. > > Exchange offers IMAP access for mail retrieval--not an IMAP connector. > Exchange also offers other types of services, such as POP2, POP3, NNTP, and > LDAP. > > >Remembering your main goal is to convert over as much of the pertinant > >folder structure and messages as possible despite differences how a folder > >is used, you would want to get at the folder data by the most flexible > >means possible. > > I'm going with Tim's suggestion of using POP and fetchmail or the > suggestion to use IMAP. With IMAP it is very possible you could maintain > each user's folder layout without configuring procmail per user. John, when > you do this make sure you document each step. This would be an excellent HOWTO. > > >Remember that IMAP will probably not cover calendar, journal, or other non > >message email objects too well. > > This remark reminds me of a conversation I recently had. The main problem > that we have when we push UNIX and Linux as a messaging platform is that > our solutions either offer mail, directory services, or both, but normally > nothing else. Users want ease of access to related application--they want > to be able to share calendars; drop customer messages into shared, archived > folders; look up the phone number help desk; and read the latest spam. You > can't do this with UNIX tools currently. Now, you can say that integrating > all of these services into a single client application isn't necessarily a > good thing (and I would disagree), but the real point here isn't whether > you like the idea or not, but that users just want it. > > So until we have an application that behaves like Exchange-Outlook, we can > only offer parts of the total package. Certainly, we already have > applications that will provide Exchange-like services. What we need is a > client piece to tie it all together. I don't see anything like this being > developed. Even the touted Evolution (which I loved when I was using Linux > as my desktop) doesn't even plan on supporting this functionality, unless > they have recently revamped their design goals. > > >You'd be also giving up any server side virus/worm protection (unless > >there are O.S. tools to do this out there that I'm not aware of- ***SCREAM > >AT ME PEOPLE IF YOU KNOW OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS***) > > Are you asking if there are anti-virus tools for Linux mail servers? If so, > yes, there are. Try McAfee's Linux product or Sophos. I am pretty sure > there are others out there. > > Regards, Dustin > > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Information Systems Contractor > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net > In the beginning the Universe was created. > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
