to summorise - outlook/exchange offers four capabilities, all of which can be reproduced (on the server side, with MS-Outlook as the client) using free linux software : a. incoming/outgoing mail and mail storage - outlook usually uses a propriety protocol called MAPI, but it will happily speak IMAP to your wu-imapd, cyrus or courier IMAP/POP3 server.sending is done through normal smtp. b. shared contacts - connect your outlook to an LDAP server, and you will almost the same functionality as with MAPI (some things don't work as well - for example, you have to click 'search' once before seeing the contact list, even if you want the full list). c. calender events notification - this is done through any regular e-mail service using a neat trick called 'net folders' wheeby the client on one side sends a specially formatd email to the e-mail adresses of the uss who need to be notified of the event, and then the outlok on the other side parse it and puts it in the rcipient calendar (which is simply a mail folder with a special view). IIRC, the combination of KMail and KOrganizer on KDE can send and recieve such events. d. free/busy notification, where each client stores its curent 'busy' times in aentral repository where other clients can query the data to arrange meetings - this actually the hardest part: outlook supports a combination of ftp (for storing) and http (for querying) the free busy information - simply setup ftp access to an accessible webspace under apache and configure both in the clients.
good luck :-) -- Oded Amir Hardon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/7/02 1:42: >This is a multi-part message >in MIME format. > >--Boundary_(ID_pUeeMByPx >xRU5mP//85owA) >Content-type: text/plain; >charset=iso-8859-8 >Content-transfer-encoding: >7BIT > >I'm installing new computers >for a small office, >they have 3 workstations >and a server(right now the >workstations are win95 >machines and the server is >NT 4). >I intend to have the new >server running linux with >samba, >I have no problem giving it all >the features that are >currently avialible with the >NT server. >But I wish to make outlook >work in the network, with a >windows server you need to >run exchange to do this, do I >have any alternative for >linux? > >As I remember it from a few >years ago exchange was just >a mail server, if this is the >situation today there should >be no problem right? > >Anyone who is more familiar >than me on this please give >me a hint. > >thanks, > -Amir. > >--Boundary_(ID_pUeeMByPx >xRU5mP//85owA) >Content-type: text/html; >charset=iso-8859-8 >Content-transfer-encoding: >7BIT > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC >"-//W3C//DTD W3 >HTML//EN"> ><HTML> ><HEAD> > ><META >content="text/html; >charset=windows-1255" >http-equiv=Content-Type> ><META content='"MSHTML >4.72.3110.37"' >name=GENERATOR> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT >color=#000000 face=Arial >size=2>I'm installing new >computers for a >small >office,</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT >color=#000000 face=Arial >size=2>they have 3 >workstations and a >server(right now the >workstations are win95 >machines and the server is >NT >4).</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT >color=#000000 face=Arial >size=2>I intend to have the >new server >running linux with >samba,</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2>I have no problem >giving it all the features that >are currently avialible with >the NT >server.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2>But I wish to make >outlook work in the network, >with a windows server you >need to run exchange to do >this, do I have any >alternative for >linux?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2></FONT> </D >IV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2>As I remember it >from a few years ago >exchange was >just a mail server, if this is >the situation today there >should be no problem >right?</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2></FONT> </D >IV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2>Anyone who is more >familiar than me on this >please >give me a >hint.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2></FONT> </D >IV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2>thanks,</FONT></ >DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial >size=2> >-Amir.</FONT></DIV></BO >DY></HTML> > >--Boundary_(ID_pUeeMByPx >xRU5mP//85owA)-- > >=================== >=================== >=================== >======== >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] ================================================================= 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]
