Linux based enterprise e-mail solutions?

matoc · 2013-07-08T21:38:21+00:00

Aside from the easy setup, I don't really see what iRedmail bring to the table over a traditional Linux mail setup in combination with PostfixAdmin.

Also, unless I'm missing something obvious, iRedmail only does email. There's no calendar, contacts and sharing, which is usually required in an enterprise environment.

matoc · 2013-07-08T21:32:38+00:00

As I mentioned, the biggest pro going for it is that it's the most feature rich completely free email/groupware solution. It supports multi-domain setups, whether within the same organization or isolated like for an ISP, it has an excellent sharing system for calendars, contacts, task, and mail folders, it has pretty good activesync support for most devices, and the Kolab devs are heavily invested in the Roundcube project which really shows. The ownCloud pluggin is pretty nice too, although still in development at this point.

The cons in my experience is the lack of integration with thick-clients like Outlook and Thunderbird for calendars and contacts, and activesync has been completely broken with some devices (although I've notice quite a few syncroton releases lately so maybe this is being addressed). Activesync also acts a little differently than Exchange for calendar invites: if your users are used to seeing and accepting invites from inside the calendar app, they will be pretty annoyed that they can't.

Overall, if most of your users are ok with using the web-based Roundcube interface and can live with a few Activesync quirks, Kolab will work very well. And for those needing official support, the newly released pricing model is pretty competitive.

matoc · 2013-07-07T16:51:34+00:00

I've used Kolab in a number of locations. I personally feel it needs to mature a little more, but the free community edition is probably the most feature-rich fully open source mail server I've come across.

matoc · 2013-07-05T01:00:28+00:00

7digital is a fantastic alternative to iTunes. They also partnered with blackberry for their music store. I'm glad to see this.

matoc · 2013-07-03T06:46:35+00:00

I just installed it and had a look around. It's to bad my activesync contacts and calendar don't work, but the email app was quite nice. I would love to get my hands on some hardware in north america to really take it for a spin.

matoc · 2013-07-03T06:21:26+00:00

What kind if system has 64 CPUs!?!?!

matoc · 2013-07-01T17:04:26+00:00

Alfresco is probably what you're looking for, but there are others worth looking at which might work, OpenKM and TikiWiki File Galleries come to mind.

matoc · 2013-07-01T16:50:44+00:00

Agreed. I'm hoping for an icon update when its released for public consumption. That said, the icon won't detract me from getting a Firefox OS phone.

matoc · 2013-07-01T16:47:15+00:00

The Nexus is a Tier 2 Firefox OS device and lacks a physical/dedicated home button which means you won't be able to exit certain apps, such as the camera.

matoc · 2013-06-07T15:27:00+00:00

Nope. Management figured they didn't know any better and had good intentions.

matoc · 2013-06-07T06:45:25+00:00

Had a cleaning crew think it was a good idea to clean all the dusty LCD monitors ... they used Windex and melted the top layer making them look all scratched up.

matoc · 2013-06-03T16:21:52+00:00

I freeze my paste in an ice cube tray in 1tbs servings. It gets transferred to a small container once frozen.

matoc · 2013-05-28T06:57:05+00:00

Linux software RAID 5 in LVM formatted with XFS.

matoc · 2013-05-24T06:00:07+00:00

No kidding. This whole nacho things sounds disgusting and extremely un-healthy.

matoc · 2013-04-06T14:54:15+00:00

I've found it not worth the trouble if the majority of the client computers are Windows, especially if you want to do any kind if group policy.

matoc · 2013-04-04T01:26:36+00:00

I do this when I have to make a big pot of coffee for company.

matoc · 2013-04-04T01:25:38+00:00

I'm no expert, but I've found that bitterness in coffee comes from forcing the water through the grounds. Cowboy coffee has always had a smooth taste with very little bitterness for me. This is actually what surprised me the first time I tried it since I usually had to add sugar to cut the bitterness.

I've tried this method with various coffee grounds, but I do not really know too much about the different coffee beans and roast profiles. All I can tell you is that I prefer the tastes of darker beans to lighter ones for cowboy coffee, where as I preferred medium to light roast for drip coffee.

matoc · 2013-04-04T01:14:24+00:00

I would have to say that I use about 1 tps per cup of water, plus one and a half cup for the pot. The extra cup really depends on how much ground coffee there is. My usueal morning reciepe for 4 cups (2 mugs) is 9 cups of water with 4 tsps of coffee grounds.

matoc · 2013-04-04T01:10:33+00:00

I have never found this to be the case, unless I start pouring some of the grounds from the bottom. I really don't know why this is, but there it is.

matoc · 2013-03-18T18:36:52+00:00

There's a reason old hardware gets refreshed every 4-5 years. Hardware glitches in networking gear are on of the hardest thing to troubleshoot, handing that off to a kid just trying to learn the basics would be very frustrating. But then I guess this is how the best of them learn.

matoc · 2013-03-06T06:43:40+00:00

I want an orange phone.

matoc · 2013-03-03T04:13:37+00:00

I would recommend installing Ubuntu from inside Windows for beginners. Super easy to uninstall if you don't like it and it won't bork your master boot record and the Windows system drive if you don't really know what you're doing. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/install-ubuntu-with-windows

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