Exchange Server Alternatives

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Assuming that an Exchange Server Alternate means that usage of the Microsoft Outlook program as a 'fat' client application that can use the collaboration features.

Contents 1 Open source or free options 1.1 eGroupware 1.2 Group-Office 1.3 Open-Xchange 1.4 Scalix 1.5 Kolab 1.6 OGo - OpenGroupware 1.7 Zimbra 1.8 Open Source Outlook MAPI Connector 2 Proprietary and not free alternatives 2.1 Novell Groupwise 2.2 BynariInsightManager 2.3 Communigate Pro 2.4 OfficeCalendar 2.5 Samsung Contact 2.6 Zarafa 2.7 PostPath 3 Other Interesting Links on this topic 4 Miscellaneous notes

Open source or free options

(note: most of these have commercial versions and likely charge for the Outlook connectors)

eGroupware

http://www.egroupware.org/

Group-Office

http://www.group-office.com

Open-Xchange

http://mirror.open-xchange.org/ox/EN/community/

Scalix

http://www.scalix.com

Community edition is free and has a limited number of 'full' (as in: feature complete, including full outlook) users. The enterprise edition is not free.

Kolab

http://www.kolab.org

OGo - OpenGroupware

http://www.opengroupware.org/

Zimbra

http://www.zimbra.com/

Open Source Outlook MAPI Connector

http://www.openconnector.org/

Proprietary and not free alternatives

Novell Groupwise

http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/

BynariInsightManager

http://bynari.net/index.php?id=7

Communigate Pro

http://www.stalker.com/CommuniGatePro/

OfficeCalendar

http://www.officecalendar.com/

Samsung Contact

http://www.samsungcontact.com/

No new licences will be sold. Free download (5 users) is still available.

Zarafa

http://www.zarafa.com/

PostPath

http://www.postpath.com/

Other Interesting Links on this topic

You might be interested in this link... http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm#other

MAPI MSRPC capture tools http://www.openchange.org/

User ratings of open source web software with a groupware section... http://www.opensourcecms.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=388&Itemid=143

Miscellaneous notes

And of course, if you are willing to dispense with the notion of fat clients... you might like Horde/IMP/etc. http://www.horde.org

Groupwise (Novell) and Scalix both support both Outlook and Evolution clients. (using a 'connector')

eGroupware has free Outlook sync and full-featured web client. Supposedly, eGroupware can work with Palm, Mobile, Evolution, et al using SyncML.