Jerry Amundson wrote:
Normally, I wouldn't bother, but I think this is important because,
- M$ Exchange servers have between 30 and 60 percent of e-mail server
market share, depending on your search parameters. [really not trolling here, so don't bother. there are other more important factors to consider.] 2. Time has shown that FOSS e-mail *servers* won't push out M$ from whatever enterprise it's currently entrenched. 3. Because of that, there is more of a need to focus on the e-mail client, but current functionality on the open source desktop, with respect to Exchange servers, is inadequate, and downright buggy. 4. Openchange has the potential to be the bridge - capture the users first, then migration to backend solutions is more feasible.
Bug 453083 - (Samba4) Review Request: Samba4 - Samba4 CIFS and AD server and client Bug 453395 - (libmapi) Review Request: libmapi - OpenChange: Microsoft Exchange access with native protocols
Thanks, jerry
What timing. I was just going to fire up yumex and see if there was a Samba 4 package in the testing repository.
I am looking at getting my F10 to access some AD drives at work.
I read the bug reports and I am interested in the Samba 4 part. I do have one question. Will the Openchange allow Thunderbird to access Exchange servers? If so, I will have to think about trying Openchange sooner than later. We do not have pop3 or imap access.