-----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 > 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. _______________________________________ When I asked about 'exchange' type services for Linux as I had just set up a couple of clients on PCs and Macs (via Entourage) with some hosted exchange servers. The features are definitely nice. I think, however, since it's MS--it means a lot of hassles and unforeseen difficulties as patches arise from patches. In essence, Exchange has "all the bases covered" as you say. What I'm really anxiously awaiting, however, is the Mozilla Sunbird project. When that starts out with some real usable betas and an eventual release, I'll be in calendar/contact heaven! Thanks for the help all! Corey __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
