[TriLUG] questions about open-Xchange

[Ryan Leathers]

David,

The commercial version is no easier to get running.  The printed
documentation is infuriatingly misleading where it is not too sparse to
foster confusion.  Once configured, however, it is a sweet product.  The
best thing about the commercial version is that someone will actually
ssh into the host, if you pay for some support hours, and deal with the
configuration pain you've just gone through.  Sadly, the setup is just
as broken "inside the shrink-wrap" as it is in the open source
download.  

Ryan

On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 22:21 -0500, David A. Cafaro wrote:
> I just recently setup a Open-Xchange System.  Though we are primarily
> using it for document shares, scheduling and tasks, I did look over some
> of the email functions.  Just so you know, Open-Exchange isn't a mail
> server per say, but an interface to your mail server, it connects up to
> your servers IMAP and SMTP servers (Courier/Postfix), for mail
> transport.  It just provides and interface to them, and user accounts
> are shared through ldap (i.e. your mailserver should use ldap for user
> auth).
> 
> One warning, install and setup was VERY hard for the OpenSource version
> of OpenXchange.  I spent days on it, tracking down and fixing problems
> here and there.  The install is not document very well, and google will
> be come your best friend as you search for solutions to error messages.
> I'm reasonably versed in Linux (installed on RHAS4), and tomcat/apache
> setups (that was the easy part), but man was I getting pissed.
> 
> After using it for a while, I will most likely fork the bill for the
> Commercial version (I get academic rates since this is for a research
> department at a private university).  Just for the easier install,
> documentation, and easier administration (the Outlook/Palm connectors
> are a nice bonus).
> 
> Overall I like the interface.  I've got some pretty non-computer geeks
> using it and they seem to be picking it up pretty well.
> 
> -David
> 
> On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 18:33 -0800, Chris Bullock wrote:
> > we have outgrown our current mail server (post-fix, mailman squirrelmail) setup.  I am looking for a MS Exchange approach so that we can schedule appointments have a decent web interface etc.  Does anyone have any good or bad comments about open-Xchange?  My main concerns are what MTA is it using, alias configurations, mailing lists implementation. Any comments would be very helpful.
> > 
> > Please no comments relating to there is nothing wrong with a postfix/mailman/squirrelmail setup.
> > TIA,
> > chris
> > 
> > 
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