[ale] Groupware/Office software - Let's keep the borg away!

[Bao Ha]

Twig: http://twig.screwdriver.net

It is a web-based mail reader, which can be used anyhere and
on anything.  Outlook/Exchange require MS.  It does scheduling,
calendar, ....  It does not do mail-filtering.  SQWebmail provides
a web-based interface that can setup mail-filtering easily, but
not all of the other features of twig.

Some people loves exchange/outlook because they can swap stories
on how they get infected by virus.  It is also a job-security
issue.  I would love to see a budget comparison of maintaining
an exchange server against a Unix/Linux mail server.

Bao

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Michael
> Phillips (KF4PFW)
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 10:34 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Groupware/Office software - Let's keep the borg away!
>
>
>
> Ale'rs
>
> The office where I work is currently Pro-"Best OS for the
> Job" and I have 14 Linux/Solaris Boxen providing various
> services to the company.
>
> Last year, we were purchased by a Pro-M$ company and they
> have been pushing us to switch over to WinCrap 2K for all of
> our "major" services, so far unsuccessfully. The major push
> is for us to abandon our current RH Mail serve in favor of a
> Win2K/Exchange setup. The reasoning is that Exchange offers
> all these "neat" features on the client end (i.e. calender,
> scheduler, shared address book etc) that "Linux doesn't".
>
> After talking with my Boss (who is quite happy with what we
> currently have and agrees with me that only 1%-2% of our
> folks would use these features), he has suggested that we
> find something that will offer those features found with
> using exchange in the Open Source community.
>
> I have spent quite a bit of time searching freshmeat and
> turned up several interesting packages, however none that fit
> the bill.
>
> We don't mind paying for such a beastie, we just gotta find it.
>
> Does anyone know of a package that will allow me to keep the
> Penguin proudly flying here at work?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
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> Michael J Phillips, Sr.
> <mike at coosavalley.net>
> 704 South St
http://www.coosavalley.net
Talladega, AL 35160
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