Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-14 Thread Thomas Kirk
Hep On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 12:27:31AM +0100, Stefaan Teerlinck wrote: Most solutions use an Outlook connector on the client side, and an IMAP server as backend. They work great untill your mailbox gets to big, and than they get realy slow. You can find an overview for Exchange alternatives

Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-13 Thread Georg Lehner
Hello! I remember StarOffice having a shared Calender with a server. Never have used it, so I cannot tell. Didn't see it in OpenOffice, however haven't taken a close look. Best regards, Jorge-León -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Brad Lay
I would say what you need is an ldap directory. The only thing I'm not sure on is if ldap and exchange work together (I'm sure they would). It definetly works with Samba and samba can do the domain login stuff as a side product. Debian package: slapd - OpenLDAP server (slapd).

Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Simon Bland
LDAP was my first thought, but I've never really played with it, I've seen a few comments on Exchange using LDAP for an address book, but not as a source for it's own configuration. I'll take a look into LDAP and see what I can find. Also, I'd really like to replace Exchange, but as I understand

Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Simon Bland wrote: [snip] Also, I'd really like to replace Exchange, but as I understand that's somewhat of a 'Holy Grail' for us all. Does anything out there come close to a replacement? The main things this place uses it for is the shared calander and shared folders -

RE: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Stefaan Teerlinck
Also, I'd really like to replace Exchange, but as I understand that's somewhat of a 'Holy Grail' for us all. Does anything out there come close to a replacement? The main things this place uses it for is the shared calander and shared folders - from outlook, and they aren't likely to take

Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 12:06, Simon Bland wrote: LDAP was my first thought, but I've never really played with it, I've seen a few comments on Exchange using LDAP for an address book, but not as a source for it's own configuration. I'll take a look into LDAP and see what I can find. Also,

Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Simon Bland
Ximian looks pretty good, but from what I can understand there isn't a 'Ximian Server'.. I couldn't quite follow what they meant by that. Can Ximian be put in to replace Exchange? Or does it mostly provide a nice way to tie linux machines into a MS based network? On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at

Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Simon Bland wrote: Ximian looks pretty good, but from what I can understand there isn't a 'Ximian Server'.. I couldn't quite follow what they meant by that. Can Ximian be put in to replace Exchange? Or does it mostly provide a nice way to tie linux machines into a MS

RE: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Shane Machon
evaluating it in our environment), it *should* be pretty standard to incorporate into slapd or something similar. Good Luck! Cheers, Shane. -Original Message- From: Simon Bland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, 12 January 2003 10:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Consolidating

Re: Consolidating user databases

2003-01-12 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 23:41, Simon Bland wrote: Ximian looks pretty good, but from what I can understand there isn't a 'Ximian Server'.. I couldn't quite follow what they meant by that. Can Ximian be put in to replace Exchange? Or does it mostly provide a nice way to tie linux machines into