[geeks] Exchange

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Wed Jan 16 16:56:45 CST 2008


>From: Jonathan Katz <jon at jonworld.com>
>Date: 2008/01/16 Wed PM 01:51:30 CST
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Exchange

>>> On 16 Jan 2008, at 04:33, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>>>
>>>> I hope that Exchange Server dies off quickly.  it is horrendous to
>>>> support even when on an all-Windows platform.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know of a FOSS alternative that runs on Windows 2003  
>>> Server?
>
>Cygwin + qmail + imapd ?
>
>I thought "Unix services for windows" was a free download from MSFT,  
>so that may give you the CLI you desire, plus GCC and you may be able  
>to do it w/o Cygwin.

It's also "baked in" Windows Server 2008. When MSFT made the decision to include it in upcoming Windows Server software, they made it free (as in beer) software.

Lionel



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