Outlook mail client - shared calendar & contacts
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From: "William Jordan" on 3 Nov 2009 15:47 Folks, I assume we aren't the only ones whose users prefer Outlook as their mail client but use PostFix as their company e-mail server? I am doing research into Exchange (very costly) and other options for shared calendar and contacts. We would prefer to stay with Postfix and hope there are options for using it as a group messaging and collaboration solution? If you know of solutions we should consider I would appreciate your replies with links etc. Also if there are caveats to consider I would greatly appreciate knowing those as well. Regards, William William Jordan IT Manager
From: Gary Smith on 3 Nov 2009 15:53 William, Postfix isn't actually the email server. It's one of many components necessary to make an email server. I think you are really looking for IMAP/POP3 for the email storage and postfix as the transport. I would start on the IMAP side and find out what suits your needs there. We have many clients that use cyrus IMAP with postfix for most of their mail needs with a horde (php/apache) webmail client as a web based email (allowing them to use both outlook in the office and the web when on the road). Gary Smith From: owner-postfix-users(a)postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-users(a)postfix.org] On Behalf Of William Jordan Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:48 PM To: postfix-users(a)postfix.org Subject: Outlook mail client - shared calendar & contacts Folks, I assume we aren't the only ones whose users prefer Outlook as their mail client but use PostFix as their company e-mail server? I am doing research into Exchange (very costly) and other options for shared calendar and contacts. We would prefer to stay with Postfix and hope there are options for using it as a group messaging and collaboration solution? If you know of solutions we should consider I would appreciate your replies with links etc. Also if there are caveats to consider I would greatly appreciate knowing those as well. Regards, William William Jordan IT Manager
From: Victor Duchovni on 3 Nov 2009 16:01 On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 12:47:53PM -0800, William Jordan wrote: > Folks, > > I assume we aren't the only ones whose users prefer Outlook as their mail > client but use PostFix as their company e-mail server? I am doing research > into Exchange (very costly) and other options for shared calendar and > contacts. We would prefer to stay with Postfix and hope there are options > for using it as a group messaging and collaboration solution? If you know > of solutions we should consider I would appreciate your replies with links > etc. Also if there are caveats to consider I would greatly appreciate > knowing those as well. Check out Zimbra, OpenExchange and friends. Postfix is an MTA, not a group-ware server. All the interesting stuff is between the MUA and the mail store, submission of email is a rather small part of what users expect from a "messaging client". -- Viktor. Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. To unsubscribe from the postfix-users list, visit http://www.postfix.org/lists.html or click the link below: <mailto:majordomo(a)postfix.org?body=unsubscribe%20postfix-users> If my response solves your problem, the best way to thank me is to not send an "it worked, thanks" follow-up. If you must respond, please put "It worked, thanks" in the "Subject" so I can delete these quickly.
From: Patrick Ben Koetter on 3 Nov 2009 16:01 * William Jordan <wjordan(a)TNINetwork.com>: > Folks, > > I assume we aren't the only ones whose users prefer Outlook as their mail > client but use PostFix as their company e-mail server? I am doing research > into Exchange (very costly) and other options for shared calendar and > contacts. We would prefer to stay with Postfix and hope there are options > for using it as a group messaging and collaboration solution? If you know > of solutions we should consider I would appreciate your replies with links > etc. Also if there are caveats to consider I would greatly appreciate > knowing those as well. "Sogo" seems fine. Use it in combination with the Funambol SyncML server and the Funambol SyncML connector for Outlook. p(a)rick > > > > Regards, > > William > > > > William Jordan > IT Manager > > > > > > > -- All technical questions asked privately will be automatically answered on the list and archived for public access unless privacy is explicitely required and justified. saslfinger (debugging SMTP AUTH): <http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/saslfinger/>
From: "William Jordan" on 3 Nov 2009 17:23
-----Original Message----- From: owner-postfix-users(a)postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-users(a)postfix.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Ben Koetter * William Jordan <wjordan(a)TNINetwork.com>: > Folks, > > I assume we aren't the only ones whose users prefer Outlook as their mail > client but use PostFix as their company e-mail server? I am doing research > into Exchange (very costly) and other options for shared calendar and > contacts. We would prefer to stay with Postfix and hope there are options > for using it as a group messaging and collaboration solution? If you know > of solutions we should consider I would appreciate your replies with links > etc. Also if there are caveats to consider I would greatly appreciate > knowing those as well. "Sogo" seems fine. Use it in combination with the Funambol SyncML server and the Funambol SyncML connector for Outlook. p(a)rick Thanks Patrick, I wasn't able to find a "Sogo" though the Funambol website and options look excellent for any device sync. Regards, William |