Piet, We use a mix of Cyrus and MeetingMaker to appoximate the groupware aspects, and it does work quite wekk...as to making Cyrus and Exchange co-exist...I've only heard of people sticking Unix MTA's in front of Exchange to allow for less of a risk on their internet gateway, however as far as I know the mail still needs to sit on the exchange server. You may be able to get around this by setting up 2 different accounts in Outlook simotaniously but it would be ugly. Introduce them to some of the other options out there, MM isn't bad, nor is it expensive.
-David _____________________________________________________________ David Chait Sys Admin - Facilities Operations 333 Bonair Siding Road #107 Stanford CA, 94305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Piet Ruyssinck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Piet Ruyssinck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:37 AM Subject: Cyrus IMAP ; case studies, success stories, ... I need them > Hi all, > > I have set up a test machine with cyrus imapd 2.1.11 and everything > that goes with it. Very nice system, working perfectly, in a test > environment of some 30 people. > > Today, I went to see management, to get money for the production system > hardware (I'm thinking about a full Sun Fire 280R with a full Sun > StorEdge 3310 SCSI Array), > ... only to hear that some other people are working on a solution based on MS > Exchange, because they want the groupware functionality. > > I might be able to convince them to adopt Cyrus imapd, if only I can > assure them that it will peacefully coexist with MS exchange. They can > agree on using Cyrus for e-mail, and Exchange for the groupware stuff. > But, being a full time unix admin, I have no clue about exchange. Is > such a setup possible ? Or does Exchange rely on its own e-mail system ? > > Together with information, I could also use any Cyrus imapd success > stories that I can get. > > If you're running Cyrus for a reasonably sized company or institution, > please let me know, including the hardware you're using, number of > (simultaneous) users, level of satisfaction, and other useful > information. Maybe we could collect this data in some kind of > registry. > > Looking forward to your replies, > Piet Ruyssinck > > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Piet RUYSSINCK e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unix Systeem Administratie tel: +32 9 264 4733 > Directie Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie (ICT) fax: +32 9 264 4994 > Universiteit Gent (RUG) Krijgslaan 281, gebouw S9 - 9000 Gent, Belgie > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > >