Re: unix based email

From: those who know me have no need of my name (not-a-real-address_at_usa.net)
Date: 05/27/03 

Date: 27 May 2003 19:06:58 GMT

in comp.unix.questions i read:
>In comp.unix.admin BG <brentnospam@sonicnospam.net> wrote:

>> We have a SCO box that we'd like to use for our inter-office and
>> internet email. We'll pick the internet email up from the ISP, and we
>> want to use Outlook as the client. We also need a good, shared
>> addressbook for the email system.

in general there are few solutions available.

>If you re-user teh SCO box and install Linux or FreeBSD you will find
>both grafical mailtools, both built-in to desktops, like KDE's kmail,
>you will also find support tools like pop/imap servers that allows
>any computer to send/receive mail via this computer.

precisely which packages are you suggesting? notice that the request isn't
to change their client software base, but to provide a server which will
work with outlook clients.

>To be fair, it can be done with SCO too, but there is a much steeper
>ladder since SCO is a less capable platform where lot's of needed
>functionality are missing.

eh? how so? perhaps you can provide a list of specific features or
software on which a mail server would depend which are missing from either
openserver or unixware. (both of those platforms easily support popular
programs supplying smtp, pop, imap, http, ldap and ph, including the
software provided with the system.)

i'm a fan of open source o/s', but your incessant suggestion any other o/s
cannot possibly provide a solution is just a tad grating. 

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