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RE: Outlook clients and Linux Debian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hervé Piedvache [mailto:bill.footcow@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:16 PM
> To:
> Subject: Outlook clients and Linux Debian
>
> Hi,
>
> I have at the office a part of Windows users using Outlook
> ... others are
> under Gnu/Linux Debian ... all the services (mail, files
> server, printer
> servers are under linux) ...
> My Outlook users would like to share their calendars ... in
> fact when one make
> an appointment in his calendar with another guy he wants to
> know if the other
> guy have or not an appointment at the same time ...
> For this the classical solution should be to add an exchange
> server ... but
> you might understand that I don't want to do this ...
>
> What kind of solution could I find to this stuff under a Debian Linux
> service ?
>
> Thanks per advance for your answers ...
> --
> Bill
You could have a look at Zarafa (www.zarafa.com)
-- Kevin
Outlook clients and Linux Debian
I'm also looking for a solution similar to this. Right now, I'm trying
out eGroupWare. I'm not sure what support is in Debian for this, but
according to the eGroupWare site, they have been working on this
functionality, although the outdated references I've seen to iCalSrv
(or something like that) says it's experimental and not for production
use. I'll let you know after I explore eGroupWare a little.
Otherwise, I THINK that Outlooks depends on M$ Exchange Server for
this functionality and doesn't depend on any open standards (like
iCal) to accomplish this, and I've not heard of a package that
emulated this. I'm not sure about iCal support in Outlook either.
We're trying to use something like Lightning or Sunbird as a calendar
app, and they use iCal and can use WebDAV. I've considered setting up
WebDAV directories in Apache and seeing if I can set up a makeshift
calendar system this way, but I'm sure it would have it's limitations
in the sharing department.
If there are any debian packages that can handle this, I'd be very
interested to know, but I haven't found anything in the stable tree so
far. There are many web-based calendaring apps (like webcalendar and
egroupware), but I'm not sure if they they can sync w/ a desktop
client.
Offhand, I've heard that Sun has a java-based calendar server
available in Java. I'm sure I could find some GPL software out there
to do this, but it's easier to manage servers and updates if there are
supported packages in the debian repos.
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Outlook clients and Linux Debian
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 05:22:15PM -0800, SAJChurchey wrote:
> I'm also looking for a solution similar to this. Right now, I'm trying
> out eGroupWare. I'm not sure what support is in Debian for this, but
> according to the eGroupWare site, they have been working on this
> functionality, although the outdated references I've seen to iCalSrv
> (or something like that) says it's experimental and not for production
> If there are any debian packages that can handle this, I'd be very
> interested to know, but I haven't found anything in the stable tree so
> far. There are many web-based calendaring apps (like webcalendar and
> egroupware), but I'm not sure if they they can sync w/ a desktop
> client.
>
I don't need group ware but I'm running Etch. I just searched aptitude
(~dgroupware) and there seem to be quite a few different suites, some of
which can interoperate with MS stuff.
Doug.
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Outlook clients and Linux Debian
Well,
You might not need full groupware, but they're modular at least and
can handle authentication in many different ways. If you can't find
the functionality elsewhere in debian, you can install only the
modules you need to get it working. I guess a web frontend might also
be overkill, but at least you're users could potentially use them from
anywhere.
Thanks, I'll run that search and see what other options are out there.
Currently we don't use Outlook, and there's no pressure to move to it;
so I'm not really concerned with compatibility with it. I'd rather
work with open standards like iCalendar to keep my options open, but
that's just me.
SAJ
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Outlook clients and Linux Debian
--- Hervé Piedvache wrote:
> My Outlook users would like to share their calendars ... in fact
>
> What kind of solution could I find to this stuff under a Debian
> Linux
> service ?
Why not Sunbird? You fill find it at mozilla.org.
I haven't found it at packages.debian.org.
Surely it must have been renamed mooncock or snowrat, for legal
reasons.
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On 2/1/07, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> --- Hervé Piedvache wrote:
> > My Outlook users would like to share their calendars ... in fact
> >
> > What kind of solution could I find to this stuff under a Debian
> > Linux
> > service ?
>
> Why not Sunbird? You fill find it at mozilla.org.
> I haven't found it at packages.debian.org.
> Surely it must have been renamed mooncock or snowrat, for legal
> reasons.
LOL :D :D :D
I remember sunbird, and it gave me an idea...
atis@atis:/var/projects$ aptitude search sunbird
p opensync-plugin-sunbird
- Opensync Mozilla Calendar(Sunbird) plugin
atis@atis:/var/projects$ aptitude search opensync
v libopensync-dev -
p libopensync0
- Synchronisation framework for email/pdas/and more
p libopensync0-dbg
- Debug symbols for libopensync0
p libopensync0-dev
- Headers and static libraries for libopensync
p opensync-plugin-evolution
- Evolution plugin for opensync
p opensync-plugin-file
- Opensync file plugin
p opensync-plugin-google-calendar
- Opensync Google Calendar plugin
p opensync-plugin-irmc
- IrMC plugin for opensync
p opensync-plugin-kdepim
- KDE plugin for opensync
p opensync-plugin-palm
- Opensync Palm plugin
p opensync-plugin-palm-dev
- Opensync Palm plugin (Development files)
p opensync-plugin-sunbird
- Opensync Mozilla Calendar(Sunbird) plugin
p opensync-plugin-syncml
- Opensync SyncML plugin
p opensyncutils
- Command line utilities for libopensync
p python-opensync
- Python bindings to the opensync synchronisation engine
v python2.4-opensync -
Seems that OpenSync is capable of multi-system syncing.. including
GMail, Sunbird and so on.. Maybe somehow also outlook.. you have to
search.
Regards,
Atis
Outlook clients and Linux Debian
Aww crud, Gmail's reply-to handling or the Debian lists are broken...
whichever.. don't feel like starting that flame-fest again, but I
replied direct to Paul.
Oops, sorry Paul.
On 2/2/07, Nate Duehr wrote:
> On 2/1/07, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Hervé Piedvache wrote:
> >
> > > What kind of solution could I find to this stuff under a Debian Linux
> > > service ?
> >
> > If you happen to run postfix for an MTA, Kolab might be exactly what you are
> > looking for. If not, you may now curse Kolab's rather interesting
> > dependency on a specific MTA.
> > http://www.kolab.org/
> > http://pkg-kolab.alioth.debian.org/
>
> And if you *really* need real Outlook, just run CrossOver Office.
>
> http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/
>
> Nate
>
Outlook clients and Linux Debian
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 10:16:28PM +0100 or thereabouts, Hervé Piedvache wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have at the office a part of Windows users using Outlook ... others are
> under Gnu/Linux Debian ... all the services (mail, files server, printer
> servers are under linux) ...
> My Outlook users would like to share their calendars ... in fact when one make
> an appointment in his calendar with another guy he wants to know if the other
> guy have or not an appointment at the same time ...
> For this the classical solution should be to add an exchange server ... but
> you might understand that I don't want to do this ...
>
> What kind of solution could I find to this stuff under a Debian Linux
> service ?
I have no direct knowledge of this framework, but Brutus may help you;
Project description:
Brutus is an Exchange connector and development framework that offers
access to all of MAPI and therefore to all versions of Microsoft
Exchange from version 5.5 onwards. It is a complete wrapping of all
of MAPI into a (large) set of CORBA interfaces. It enables any
groupware client to integrate seamlessly into any organization with
large Exchange deployments on an equal footing with MS Outlook. Being
based on CORBA, it is platform independent, and works equally well on
Linux, the BSDs, Windows, or wherever there is a CORBA implementation
available.
HTH. It's available off of .
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Outlook clients and Linux Debian
Hervé Piedvache wrote:
> What kind of solution could I find to this stuff under a Debian Linux
> service ?
If you happen to run postfix for an MTA, Kolab might be exactly what you are
looking for. If not, you may now curse Kolab's rather interesting
dependency on a specific MTA.
http://www.kolab.org/
http://pkg-kolab.alioth.debian.org/
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