HP's OpenMail: I'm Not Dead Yet

Jon Hill writes "It looks as if HP's OpenMail system is not dead yet and development of the project has been assumed by Samsung's software division. This is great news considering OpenMail was the only serious Unix-based competitor to Microsoft Exchange. Now if only it was strongly marketed and made well known, enterprise administrators such as myself could embrace it." For those of not familiar, essentially OpenMail is the *only* e-mail platform out there, besides Exchange that will support a whole slew of Microsoft Outlook features - something necessary in the enterprise, despite that people should know better.

Comments

Excellent

[Sobrique]

A Unix based mail program, that gives in to the 'feature keen' pointy haired ones!
Handy.
I've been trying to convince them that 'proper' email is text only, and attachments if you are completely ftp-impaired but to no avail. They seem to insist on 200Mb attachments (sent to 30 other users no less. Shudder), delivery in I can honestly say I've never had a problem with an Exim/Solaris mail gateway. Well, except for the 200Mb multi delivery thing. No crashes (hahaaha exchange! lotus notes!). Easy to backup (not HUGE databases) and a reliable OS underneath.
Unfortunately, I suspect that OpenMail may suffer from the influence of point and drool admins, who can't cope with anything they can't click on. Meaning it's going to go the same way, and bloat, and become unstable.
Can't stand NT admins who's attitude is 'its going a bit slow, so I'll reboot it'. And who think that uptimes in the matter of _days_ is normal.
Bah.

Oh well, I can hope :)

Sylpheed

[Krimsen]

Don't forget there's another reader available that hopes to be a replacement for Outlook also.