Re: [SLUG] OpenSource replacement for Exchange Server that will work with Ou tlook

From: Jim Wildman (jim@rossberry.com)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 09:52:42 EST


What happened to Bynari? (trotting off to the website)

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Jim Wildman, CISSP jim@rossberry.com
http://www.rossberry.com

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, robin wrote:

> Doug Koobs wrote:
> > We are looking for a lower cost replacement for our Exchange 5.5 server. It
> > needs to support the Global Address List (or something very similar) and
> > scheduling inside of the Outlook client, if possible. I found Bynari
> > Insight, and SCO Volution Messaging Server, both of which look promising.
> > Does anybody have any experience with these or other Exchange replacements?
>
>
> There are currently no true open source Exchange replacements, although
> there are a number of commercial ones that run on Linux and cost a lot
> less (and need a lot less hardware and admin time) than Exchange.
>
> Bynari is no longer a player. Forget them
>
> Right now, if you want a true "drop in" replacement for Exchange, and
> you are going to keep using Outlook clients on most desktops, your best
> bet is probably Samsung Contact, a jazzed-up version of the old HP
> OpenMail.
>
> - Robin
>



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