New thread, so it can be disassociated with the trolling of the parent thread. The whole linux replacement for exchange problem has been a thorn in Real Time's side for a very long time. And from the heated debate on the parent thread I guess others are feeling the "thorn" too. I swear our sales guy (hi Dennis!) asks me weekly if we have a -complete- linux solution for exchange. So, here I'll start a constructive thread to discuss solutions. Below is a post from Nate that is a good start: >>On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 10:15:48AM -0500, Christopher A. Gahlon wrote: >> Help!!! The CEO has just mandiated unified calendaring/scheduling for our >> company. And unless I can find a viable alternative he says I'll be stuck >> supporting exchange and outpuke. > >I haven't checked this out, but this was announced in April by Sendmail. > >They now have a Calendar server. > >http://store.sendmail.com/cgi-bin/smistore/e.store/prodcategory.jsp?BV_UseBVCook+ie=Yes&prodCategory=-9343&localId=USA I think the hardest part of replacing exchange is the shared calendaring. So, how about some links and discussions on productions/solutions that implement the iCal protocol? Sendmail Calendar Server I've seen, but there problem is listed below: Systems and Standards Supported Platform Availability: Sun Server running Solaris 8 Required Software: Oracle 8i Enterprise Server - 8.1.7 or higher Required LDAP: OpenLDAP 2.0.1; iPlanet 4.16, 5.1 No Linux platform. AOL/Netscape offers a solutions as well. http://enterprise.netscape.com/products/commsvcs/calendar.html Again, the problem: What operating systems does Netscape Calendar Server 6.0 support? Netscape Calendar Server supports Solaris 8. Now, Solaris is Unix, but I'd prefer a linux solution. -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 http://www.tcwug.org, Minnesota, Wireless | Coding isn't a crime. Fingerprint: 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 7327 93D9 7DA3