[CentOS] Re: MS Exchange Replacement
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Apr 7 15:42:43 UTC 2008
Jason Pyeron wrote:
>>> I use Zimbra OS Edition with more than 300 users, Ajax and HTML capable
>> and very easy to setup. Looks >professional in terms of interface. Good
>> community too. The only problem is that it was bought by Yahoo >which is
>> planning to buy by M$, but since OS version was GPL, then I assume that
>> the project will continue >even after acquired by M$. Maybe.
>>
>> I was hoping for Mobile support which it looks like the OS version of
>> Zimbra doesn't have. Regardless, I should have been more clear in that I
>> am not concerned about GPL compliancy but meant free when I said open
>> source.
>
> That is the very same reason, we needed our BES (blackberry) server to work.
Why do you need anything special to support mobile users these days?
Most internet-enabled phones will do IMAP and SMTP over ssl just like
everybody else. If the server and phone both support the IMAP IDLE
command, you get real-time push email, otherwise you have to poll for it.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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