Prevent vendor lock-in -or-
How "NOT" to 'Exchange'
Don't spend $$ converting to Active Directory so that you can run Exchange. Keep your sanity and use FOSS products to accomplish your needs. (Detail later)
Goals:
- Accounts stored in LDAP (OpenLDAP)
- MTA w/TLS (postfix)
- w/anti spam fighting capabilities (header checks)
- w/Virus scanning (clamav)
- Additional spam categorizing (spamassassin)
- secure(encrypted) pop & imap (courier -or- dovecot)
- web based email access (egroupware or squirrelmail)
- shared calendaring. (egroupware)
- w/support for various clients MS Outhouse, Thunderbird, iMail.(egroupware)
- web based administration of users and groups (tequila)