Cyrus IMAP ; case studies, success stories, ... I need them

[Darin Perusich]

if you have to compete with MS exchange have you thought about looking 
at SuSE's Openexchange Server or bynaries InsightConnector. bynaries 
solution is probable what you'd be looking for, $39.00/license.

Piet Ruyssinck wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have set up a test machine with cyrus imapd 2.1.11 and everything
> that goes with it.  Very nice system, working perfectly, in a test
> environment of some 30 people.
> 
> Today, I went to see management, to get money for the production system
> hardware (I'm thinking about a full Sun Fire 280R with a full Sun
> StorEdge 3310 SCSI Array),
> ... only to hear that some other people are working on a solution based on MS
> Exchange, because they want the groupware functionality.
> 
> I might be able to convince them to adopt Cyrus imapd, if only I can
> assure them that it will peacefully coexist with MS exchange.  They can
> agree on using Cyrus for e-mail, and Exchange for the groupware stuff.
> But, being a full time unix admin, I have no clue about exchange.  Is
> such a setup possible ?  Or does Exchange rely on its own e-mail system ?
> 
> Together with information, I could also use any Cyrus imapd success
> stories that I can get.
> 
> If you're running Cyrus for a reasonably sized company or institution,
> please let me know, including the hardware you're using, number of
> (simultaneous) users, level of satisfaction, and other useful
> information.  Maybe we could collect this data in some kind of
> registry.
> 
> Looking forward to your replies,
> Piet Ruyssinck
> 
> 
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Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corp.
darinper at cognigencorp.com