-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:33 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: "exchange server" for Linux On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:05, Craig White wrote: > > > Then there are open source projects that don't wish to get locked into > > > just Outlook clients but want to support open standards such as ical, > > > webdav, etc. > > > > Do any of these provide a system where the emailed notification or > > change affects the recipient's calendar schedule (and related alarms) > > even if he hasn't opened the email yet? If you are counting on the > > alerts from the system, they have to update in close to real time. > ---- > I haven't a clue which ones might or might not. I would guess that some > do (Kolab comes to mind). I wouldn't know though. My guess is that you > would find varying features, integration, clients. > > Does Exchange server support open standards to allow other clients? You can do email with about any imap client. Exchange2000 and up has some documented web connector access that Evolution is able to use, but my company is still using version 5 so I keep a windows laptop on my desk just for outlook and an occasional visio drawing, even though I do most email on my Linux desktop using evolution with an imap connection. > At this point in time, no workgroup software, open source or proprietary > has all of the bases covered. If you are going to do calendar/scheduling at all, you need to make the changes happen quickly and automatically. The reason it's difficult/impossible for standards-based stuff is that the RFC's only cover wire-level transmission format, not how things are stored or how they interact with each other. So, there are some standards for how a calendar event would be transmitted, and there are standards for how things like that are attached to email messages, but there aren't any for how a mail server or agent interacts with a calendar or notification service. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
