On Monday 07 October 2002 10:49 pm, Tim Wilson wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Like many of you I'm sure, it seems like my family and I are running in > opposite directions all too frequently. I've been thinking about this > problem a bit lately and I'm wondering if there's something that can be > done to address at least the more mundane aspects of the problem. > > I'd be curious to know if anyone on the list has implemented a home > fileserver with (I'm just throwing out some names here) LDAP, email, > shared calendars, sync for multiple PDAs, thin client access from > somewhere in the house, iCal, CODA, Inter-mezzo, phpGroupWare, etc. Beyond even home use, this brings up a good point about integration. Getting all these different information mediums to talk to eachother is important in the corporate world as well. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting email (sending/recieving), calendars, addressbooks, etc to talk to eachother using standard software? I know there are some suites out there, but I am thinking along the lines of postfix, Courier IMAP, and LDAP, to all work well together, so that someone can use a client of choice (even Outlook, if I dare mention it) to access these things. > I'm thinking that if I had a single file server that could serve as our > family information hub, we might be a little more organized. Of course, > leaving Post-its sticking around the house might end up being just as > effective. But it's not as fun to ponder. :-) I think your question is a great one- perhaps a little over done for a "family information hub", but thats why we are geeks! > So has anyone tried something like this? Obviously there are many levels > of integration possible, but I'm wondering about some of the more > ambitious ones. > > -Tim -- Jay Kline http://www.slushpupie.com/