Re: Packaged email/collaboration software

bil Jeschke <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.luni.tech
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I was using Citidel for a while at home.  It has some nice options like
built in jabber server with web client and if you have multiple offices,
each one can have a local server and I think they can back each other up,
but I never looked into this so I might have that wrong.

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:06 PM, rich <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Along the lines of the "mail server question" discussion, I would like to
> know what are people's experience with, or opinions on, packaged in-house
> email/collaboration systems?  In particular, alternatives to Microsoft
> Exchange that run on Linux.  I have done some research on packages such as
> Zimbra, IceWarp, Kerio, Citadel and Gordano but it would help to talk to
> people who have had experience with products like these.
>
> I am not a computer programmer - I work in a small company (15 in the
> office) and I have been interested in employing alternative/open source type
> software in our business when possible.  We run our file server on a Linux
> OS and have had no problems.
>
> We presently have our email hosted through Cbeyond which we access through
> a POP server.  Some people use Outlook, some use Thunderbird as their email
> clients.  Some of the people here use Blackberry's but not with the
> Enterprise Server.   I am looking at the possibility of hosting our email in
> house with a package that would include calendaring, global contacts,
> synchronization with mobile devices (maybe with Andriod phones?)...
>
> We work with an IT company that knows Linux systems well but they are only
> familiar with Exchange and Zimbra.  I know that this was briefly discussed
> in January but only in regards to basic email server needs.  Any feedback I
> can get would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich Raffin
>
>
>
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