[Dclug] Recommendations for Exchange replacement

[Arshavir Grigorian]

You can have an IMAP server authenticate against the Win2003 domain
controller using Kerberos and LDAP. It's been awhile since I did it,
but it's doable and Microsoft has a very nice HOWTO doc on this
(surprise, surprise).

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2005/01/ActiveDirectory/default.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=144F7B82-65CF-4105-B60C-44515299797D&displaylang=en

The only two missing free pieces are the calendar and the address book.

The only non-Windoze product that works with Outlook is Scalix (I
think). It used to cost about the same as the Exchange license (as of
2-3 years ago). Obviously, it's much more stable, better, etc. It uses
Postfix for the MTA and Cyrus IMAP (very good) among other things.

If you are able to move your users away from Outlook and into using a
Web interface, Horde might be an option. It has both an address book
and a calendar, and of course the famous mail program, IMP. It's a
pretty good package.

Good luck.




>
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:58:39 -0500, Chris Bateson <elitegoodguy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm going to be setting up a Linux mailserver to replace an exchange
> > server
> > that we have.  Currently we have a Win 2003 Network.  What do I need to
> > look
> > into to allow my clients to access email through outlook with contacts.
> > Also how would I go about getting usernames/passwords to sync up with
> > Active
> > Directory?
> >
> > I know I will need a postfix mailserver, with the courier IMAP server
> > setup,
> > as well as an OpenLDAP server for the contacts/company directory.  Sorry
> > for
> > the newbie questions, this is the biggest thing that I have done with
> > Linux.
> >
> >
> > Any good tutorials on setting it up like this?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Chris
>
>
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