I've been using OpenGroupware. I use Postfix and cyrus for the email solution (with Spamassassin). It runs PostrgreSQL in the backend. For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-07-03 at 06:13 +0200, Oliver Leitner wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Chris Ruprecht wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I have received a request from a friend of mine to provide him (and his > > > 10 people company) with a Linux based server that also gives them a > > > group ware solution. > > > > > > I was initially thinking of Lotus Notes, but it refuses to run under > > > Fedora and doesn't play nicely under RH 9 either (I have been testing 4 > > > different Linux-en all day long). > > > > > > I googled around and didn't come across anything that looks remotely > > > promising. > > > > > > Here are the requirements: > > > (1) Server based email > > > (2) Server based calendaring for all their people so that they can > > > schedule meetings and know when all the other staff members are > > > available > > > (3) Server based document storage > > > > > > Their workstations are Windows XP, they have a number of business > > > applications for which there are no equivalent Linux versions. > > > > > > The solutions I have in mind are: > > > > > > for (1): sendmail/cyrus-imap/procmail; > > > the problem here is that there is no easy way to add rules for procmail > > > in a way an end-user understands mail filters. They can just about grasp > > > the concept of mail filtering when they use POP3 (POP3 is not an option > > > here, though because they want to be able to access their server mail > > > from anywhere) > > > > > > for (2): I have not found any solid open-source calendar tool for this. > > > > > > for (3): I can make shared directories available through SMB but that > > > just moves the Word/Excel/PDF/whatever-else-format-file chaos from the > > > workstation to the server. Trying to find a specific document amongst > > > the 1000s of arbitrarily names files is near impossible. > > > > > > > > > Any open-source solutions that run under Linux (FC3/FC4 preferred) are > > > welcome. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > there are many solutions: > > > > 1. every linux is able to do that. > > 2. www.freshmeat.net "calendar" > > 3. thats actually the job of an admin to keep folder perms, so that ppls > > cant move things to all possible places, and secondly its job of > > educating your co-workers, to do their jobs right. > > > > as a lil addon, you might wanna check www.freshmeat.net deeper, they > > have alot of very useful tools, cms, groupware, and other engines for > > everyones use. > > i played with some software called phpgroupware recently for one of my > clients. it appears to be quite adequate. and growing. it does > calendars, todos, etc. all via php in apache, so its easy to access. > > i don't know anything about the security implications, if you're > planning on making it available external to the lan. > > john > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
