Dan, I'd like to apologize because I wasn't clear enough. Evolution-mapi and evolution-ews are just plugins for the client to connect to an exchange server. I was under the impression that you were looking to just replace the clients, not the server. If you are looking to replace the exchange server with open source, then I'd recommend a mail stack of Postfix, Dovecot or some other similar package, and Davmail. That should be what you need to do email and calendars. I would feel better if someone verified that though as I've never set up a shared calendaring system.
If you want to look into it more, here is a link<http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/265449-escaping-microsoft-exchange-via-davmail-fetchmail-postfix-courier-imap> to a linux.com tutorial about replacing an exchange server. On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 3:39 AM, Dan Egli <ddavide...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, May 19, 2014, Kirk Cerny wrote: > > > I am using thunderbird with a Exquilla plugin for an exchange email > client > > > > Does that handle schedule/appointments too? Or just the exchange mail > protocol? Can it display a calendar to someone when viewing their or > someone else's schedule like outlook does? > > > > Thanks for the tip! > --- Dan > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Dan Egli <ddavide...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > on Monday, May 19, 2014, Brian J. Rogers wrote: > > > > > I've used Evolution mail client to connect to Exchange on a number of > > > > > occasions. I believe the evolution-mapi package should have what you > > need, > > > > > but if it doesn't there is always > > > > > evolution-ews<http://git.gnome.org/evolution-ews>. > > > > > I had to compile that once bit it did the trick. > > > > > > > > Ok, that's two mentions of outlook style clients. Great. Now, unless I'm > > misunderstanding things, evolution-mapi is a client, so I still need to > > find an OS replacement for exchange itself. I don't care if it's merely a > > separate package to my imap server or if it contains the imap > > implementations too. But it needs to handle the scheduling functions like > > exchange would. So that if person X sends me a schedule request and I > > accept it, then person Y can look over my calendar to see what's up on my > > schedule. > > > > > > Anyone got a good recommendation for an exchange SERVER replacement? :) > > > > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:54 AM, Lonnie Olson <li...@kittypee.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> On May 19, 2014, at 2:18 AM, Dan Egli <ddavide...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > Someone was asking me today if there were any open source projects > that > >> > were compatible with Exchange/Outlook (not outlook.com). I had to > >> admit I > >> > wasn't aware of any off my head, but was sure there were some. Does > >> anyone > >> > know of one or more? To maintain maximum compatibility, the programs > >> should > >> > support not only email and news/nntp (client only on that part, I'm > >> sure), > >> > but should also support scheduling/appointments ala outlook on an > >> exchange > >> > server, and it would be nice if I could tell this guy that it even > >> supports > >> > looking at someone's calendar like outlook does. > >> > >> Exchange supports (and has supported for many years) standard SMTP and > >> IMAP. It’s even been enabled by default for many years. > >> So nearly any Email client will work fine out of the box. > >> > >> If the user is looking for the Outlook type experience specifically, I > >> would suggest Thunderbird + the Lightning add-on. Or possibly > Evolution, > >> though it’s shows it’s age pretty badly. > >> > >> —lonnie > >> > >> /* > >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > >> Don't fear the penguin. > >> */ > >> > > > > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
