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[Martin G.H. Minkler]

Zachariah Mully wrote:
> 
> I would stay far far away from kolab for anything more than one or two
> person use. Especially if you plan on using it with Outlook as the
> Outlook connector stores the Kolab data in a binary format, making it
> unsearchable on the server side, hence retardedly slow as you need to
> suck down an entire folder (the complete message, not just the headers),

You're talking about the Toltec Connector, correct?

There is an alternative called KONSEC connector that stores non-mail 
items as a binary mail with a special header in a separate folder IIRC.

> openxchange looks to be a more viable alternative, especially if you
> have to support webclient users.

Last time I checked it wouldn't provide some features but that was ages 
ago - don't intend to start a groupware server discussion here either. :-)

> For just webmail though, Horde is great, especially if you install the
> sieve rule manager and the password tool, then people can manage their
> own vacation/ooo rules, as well as update their passwords.

AFAIK horde's CVS branch offers integration into Kolab (or the other way 
around, there was sth. on the kolab site)

regards

Martin