Re: [MLUG] Linux-based email solutions?

[Russell Horn <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 14:51 -0500, Mike Miller wrote:
> We are planning to migrate our departmental email service to Linux (about 
> 400 users; coming from VMS and Compaq/HP TeamLinks, in case you know 
> something about that -- I don't!).  What is a good Linux solution for 
> email?  If there is some company out there that will support it for $x 
> thousand per year, that would probably be a lot better than if we had to 
> find our own support.

Mike why do you want to migrate to Linux? Are you trying to change
something about your existing setup?

Normally it is good to work out what it is you're trying to fix, then
look for the most cost effective way to fix it, rather than choosing a
platform first and trying to meld it into fitting your structural
requirements. 

For example, if everyone in your firm wants to use Outlook to access
their email they may well want all the other features that come with
Exchange too. Those can be emulated by several linux apps, but at a
cost.

> 
> I think TeamLinks is like imap.  So imap would be good.  I think we would 
> like to do imap, pop and web-based email (maybe with imap underneath).  I 
> think postfix would be good.  I suppose the desktop mail clients wouldn't 
> have to change for most people, except for those using TeamLinks clients. 
> What do you think?

I agree, postfix is an excellent piece of software, however it is only
an MTA. It doesn't do POP or IMAP. For that you need something like
Cyrus, another great piece of software but administering it can be
something of a black art.

For a complete groupware solution, you might want to look at things
like:

http://www.zimbra.com/
http://www.opengroupware.org
http://www.kolab.org/index.html
http://www.open-xchange.com/EN/

There are others out there too that a bit of googling will turn up.

Russell




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