Christopher Chan wrote:
I don't have a problem to solve, but I don't know which mail server
to use either. But, like I said, ideally I'd like to use one of the
groupware type mailserver (POP3, SMTP, IMAP, calendar, address book,
etc)
What you want is a centralised and yet distributed user information
database whether mysql, postgresql, ldap and centralised but yet
distributed mail storage. Just about any MTA that can be installed on
Centos will support the first be it qmail, sendmail, postfix or exim.
IMAP/POP3 wise, dovecot or courier-imap can also support the first.
The second is best to hide from the application layer by implementing
it at the file system level with say GFS. Address book can be plain
old ldap. Calendar...sorry that is even more integrating. You might
want to try JES (Java Enterprise System) besides the others that you
have mentioned. Thunderbird has calendar support. Oh, happy
integrating and interface buliding/modifying for this lot.
If you are looking for a server solution for outlook, please just go
and either get Exchange or go trouble the guys running OX and so on
because Centos has zero solutions that support Outlook with all its
features in force.
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Thank you for your input. I can't justify exchange (and don't want MS)
for 10 users. I do want IMAP though, and the calendar & address book
would be nice. This IMO has nothing todo with CentOS though, but at the
same time it shouldn't be limited to which Linux distro I'm using. As
you have said I may need to look at file system clustering instead, but
have never attempted it, so I don't know where to begin even. I know a
lot of MTA's can support a central user DB, but that won't sync the
emails. And this won't be a commercial installation either, it's for a
for a project in a rural community about 700km's from me, so it's more a
matter of if 1 server dies / crashes / packes up, and I can only get to
it 5 days later, the mail server still works :)
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