I'm not neccesarilly looking for a single product, but maybe 2 or 3 applications that work with each other. I am trying to avoid a "bunch" of small apps that will end up hard to manage or trouble-shoot. The artical is a bit dated like you said, but it does address some of the same concerns. Thanks > On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 04:49:30PM -0600, Jim Streit wrote: > > Does anyone know of a way to replace an Exchange 5.5 server with a > > Linux solution that would provide all of the same functionality for my > > outlook client. I currently use the Exchange server for e-mail, > > contacts, notes, tasks, calendars and public folders. > > I don't know of any single, monolithic, open-source software package > that attempts to act as a 'drop-in' replacement for proprietary > groupware systems such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, and Novell > GroupWise. > > However, a team from Lucent did write a paper describing how they > accomplished the goal of 'Providing Reliable NT Desktop Services by > Avoiding NT Server.' This paper was written in 1998, but the underlying > principles and much of the information is still valid: > > http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/lisa- nt98/full_papers/limoncelli/limoncelli_html/limoncelli.html > > The paper is also available as a PDF document: > > http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/lisa- nt98/full_papers/limoncelli/limoncelli.pdf > > -- > Joel Schneider Yan Xin Qigong in Minneapolis > joel at joelschneider.net http://yanxinqigong.minneapolis.mn.us/ > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >