Try checking out ical rather than iCal. That is ical from X11 contrib. Completely different sharing method. On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Bob Tanner wrote: > 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. > > > > >