[Samba] Re: Re: AW: Samba Success Story

[Carl Weiss]

I've heard of people having problems with the connector.  Maybe that's why I
never implemented it.
The colander functionality it the toughest part in replacing Exchange.
-=Carl=-


"Jerry Haltom" <jhaltom at feedbackplusinc.com> wrote in message
news:1068524273.5641.5.camel at localhost...
> Well, Bynari has a lot of down sides. The server is just a wrapped
> commercialized OpenLDAP + Cyrus. Nothing worth paying for.
>
> The plugin tends to break all the time. If the IMAP server goes down, it
> starts spitting out error messages. It keeps calendars and contacts in
> tnef in mail messages. Very very non-portable. Bynari is a better way to
> get stuck to Outlook than Exchange is!
>
> If Outlook was a bit better at handling IMAP everything would be great.
>
> On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 20:13, Carl Weiss wrote:
> > Take a look into Bynari www.bynari.net or suse openexchange as
replacements
> > for Exchange.
> > I've been running bynari for a few years now and haven't had any issues,
> > although I haven't used the outlook connector.
> >
> > If you set up Samba with openldap you could configure outlook clients to
use
> > your openldap server as the contact database, and use openldap to
> > authenticate mail users.  This would let them have one password for
domain
> > and mail.  Another project to consider.
> >
> > -=Carl=-
> >
> > "Jerry Haltom" <jhaltom at feedbackplusinc.com> wrote in message
> > news:1068512066.24451.22.camel at station-1...
> > No, I bought the Samba 3.0 Official Reference and Howto book and
> > followed the instructions. :)
> >
> > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 18:44, SEFEROVIC Edvin wrote:
> > > Congratulations... nice move... a high quality solution doesn't have
to
> > mean
> > > expensive solution as well... I wish you luck in your next step ( "
> > removing
> > > Windows from the desktop" )... another question - have you documented
this
> > > project of yours?
> > >
> > > Greets
> > > SEFEROVIC Edvin
> > >
> > > -----Ursprngliche Nachricht-----
> > > Von: samba-bounces+edvin.seferovic=kolp.at at lists.samba.org
> > > [mailto:samba-bounces+edvin.seferovic=kolp.at at lists.samba.org] Im
Auftrag
> > > von Jerry Haltom
> > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. November 2003 01:33
> > > An: Greg Folkert
> > > Cc: SambaUser List
> > > Betreff: Re: [Samba] Samba Success Story
> > >
> > > Well, getting off of Active Directory was our main goal. I'm sure most
> > > here can figure out why. Thanks to MS's "innovation", one can't just
> > > keep Exchange working with it.
> > >
> > > So... we searched for alternatives that were exactly the same, and
found
> > > nothing that offered any clear benefits. They'res just nothing the can
> > > offer the "Outlook Integration" thing, which is apparently
intentional.
> > > :)
> > >
> > > We wanted to get with a standard IMAP server, and we did. Cyrus-IMAP.
it
> > > performs well, is WAY more usable, storing messages as normal files.
> > > Easy to tar up and backup normal files vs. a massive JET database. It
> > > doesn't offer Calendar/Contacts such as Exchange does though... so we
> > > kept looking.
> > >
> > > A new project just appeared, OpenGroupware (www.opengroupware.org). It
> > > started as a commerical project, but has recently been released under
> > > the GPL. The code base itself is very mature, however the conversion
to
> > > rename everything from SKYRIX to OGo has caused some headaches. It is
> > > however not Exchange. It offers a lot of features Exchange doesn't,
and
> > > doesn't offer some Exchange does, and offers others differently. It's
a
> > > different product. It's a lot like ACT actually, which some of our
users
> > > love.
> > >
> > > That is taking some adjusting by our users, but they'll get over it.
> > >
> > > Also, unless you pay for the commercial Outlook plugin, it doesn't
just
> > > work in Outlook. It does however have a nice WebUI.... Mmmm WebUI...
> > > *coughhackcough*.
> > >
> > > We're using the WebUI. It works okay.
> > >
> > > Outlook makes using an IMAP server a bitch though, it does the
crossout
> > > deleted messages thing. Can't store the password properly. Doens't ask
> > > you when it changes, just silently fails. Outlook is at fault, but
> > > that's that. We can live with it.
> > >
> > > Now that our server end is "clean" we can begin on our ultimate goal
of
> > > removing Windows from the desktop though.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 18:10, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 19:03, Jerry Haltom wrote:
> > > > > I'd like to thank the Samba team for making our switch off of
Active
> > > > > Directory amazingly smooth. We're a small company, only 30
desktops,
> > but
> > > > > things went great for us. Actually, nobody even notices the
Windows DC
> > > > > is even gone!
> > > > >
> > > > > The Exchange migration that went along with this wasn't as hassle
free
> > > > > though. =(
> > > > >
> > > > > It's really refreshing to be able to SSH into our file server and
see
> > > > > what's going on!
> > > > >
> > > > > Kudo's to the Samba team for saving us time/money and our sanity!
> > > >
> > > > Could you share what you did? Along with what "e-mail/groupware"
package
> > > > did you switch to...
> > > >
> > > > I'd be interested to know. I am sure other would be as well.
> > > -- 
> > > Jerry Haltom <jhaltom at feedbackplusinc.com>
> > > Feedback Plus, Inc.
> > >
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