[ale] linux email solution that supports exchange calendar access

[Geoffrey]

Robert Coggins wrote:
> Geoffrey,
> 
> This may not be going in the direction you want to go if you want pure
> OSS, but it works well for me at my office.
> 
> I am running crossover office with MS OUtlook.  The install was very
> easy and outlook performs better on linux inside of cxoffice than it did
> when I had windows on the same machine.
> 
> I did this so that I can have the calendaring in line with everyone
> else.  I even get the little popups when time for a meeting.  It also
> runs much like it is a native app in linux, it doesn't have the vm feel
> to it while running.  The closest I get to it is when I save a file and
> I have to parse through the windows to linux filesystem mapping.

That is actually one of the solutions I'm considering.  Certainly better 
then Outlook over citrix.

> 
> Rob
> 
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> I've got a client who is primarily a Linux shop.  They were recently 
>> purchased by a company where the IT folks continue to refer to 
>> themselves as 'a windows shop.'  The bottom line is, they want all the 
>> folks at the client location to run citrix/outlook to access their 
>> email.  What we want to do is find a Linux mail/calendaring solution 
>> that we can have in place that will be able to share calendars between 
>> the Exchange server and itself.
>>
>> Anyone know of such a solution.  We were planning on using Scalix, but 
>> have since found out that in order for the free/busy calendar sharing to 
>> work, you have to set up an ftp server and point the Outlook clients on 
>> the Exchange server end to the ftp server to view the free/busy info.
>>
>> The bottom line is, we need this to work without requiring any work on 
>> the Outlook client at the Exchange server end.  It's a political thing, 
>> so the smaller the amount of work required on the Exchange end, the better.
>>
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