Re: [SLE] Email, Calendar, Scheduling, Address Book, synchronization (without Outlook)

From: David Rankin (drankin_at_cox-internet.com)
Date: 08/17/04

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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:47:02 -0500

    You might take a look at: http://www.tutos.org/homepage/ 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thinker" <thinker@thoughtprogress.com>
To: "nhaas" <nhaas@susediary.com>
Cc: <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [SLE] Email, Calendar, Scheduling, Address Book,
synchronization (without Outlook)
> Thanks Neal.
>
> I was, however, hoping for a 'lower cost' solution. Lower cost as in a
> lot closer to free. Something I could just install on a spare machine
> and let it run; or something I could install on a web server.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> .:Thinker
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2004, at 10:57 PM, nhaas wrote:
>
> > Open Exchange by SuSE.
> > http://www.suse.com/us/business/products/openexchange/index.html
> > Have a good day
> >
> > Neal
> > http://www.susehelp.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thinker [mailto:thinker@thoughtprogress.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 3:12 PM
> > To: SuSE List
> > Subject: [SLE] Email, Calendar, Scheduling, Address Book,
> > synchronization
> > (without Outlook)
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> >   I have a client with 5 machines/users on a peer to peer network. The
> > only network resource they share is access to the Internet. About an
> > hour ago, he asked me to help him set up email addresses for the 5
> > people in the office. He visited a friend that has an exchange server
> > and all of the employees are using outlook. He asked me if I could set
> > his office up the same way.
> >
> > After going over the potential security risks associated with using
> > Exchange and Outlook, I think I finally have him convinced that
> > Outlook/Exchange is a bad idea. He is now giving me the opportunity to
> > come up with more secure alternatives. This is where I need the help.
> >
> > He wants to be able to open the program or website and schedule a
> > meeting with the people that he needs to attend. Those people should in
> > turn receive an email (or whatever notice possible) stating the meeting
> > has been scheduled, who scheduled it and should be allowed to confirm
> > that they will be there.
> >
> > There should be a universal address book that allows you to associate
> > birthdays and anniversaries with contacts and those birthdays and
> > anniversaries should show up on the calendar.
> >
> > They already have PCs or laptops which are either running Windows XP or
> > Windows 2000. They have a spare machine that I could install Linux on
> > if need be, but the users will still have to run Windows on their
> > machines.
> >
> > If there is a web based solution for all of this, they can get the web
> > space if needed. The main thing is, he wants to be able to sync all of
> > this with his Handspring Treo.
> >
> > Is there such an animal?
> >
> > .:Thinker
> >
> >
> >
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