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After Exchange - Kolab: An OSS Groupware Solution
With Steffen Hansen and Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, KDAB
In this talk, we will present the concepts, advantages, and implementation ideas of the Kolab Groupware Solution. The first part will present the OSS components the Kolab server consists of, and how the Kolab server has been designed for scalability and extensibility. We will show how the IMAP protocol is used for both ordinary email messages and calendaring, contact, and other Groupware data and discuss how some particularly difficult problems in the Groupware world like Shared Folders are solved.
In the second part, we will present the Kolab client reference implementation, the KDE client contact, as well as how to make MS Outlook work with Kolab for those who insist on working with Windows and Outlook, but still want to get out of the Exchange trap. We will also briefly look at the current two existing web email clients for Kolab, SquirrelMail and Horde, and at future plans on the client-side, including a port of Kontact to Windows and a newly developed web email client.
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About the speakers
Steffen Hansen is a Senior Software Engineer
with KDAB and has been leading the Kolab server efforts since 2001. He
regrets that he can't spend all his money on his hifi equipment any
more since he spends all his money on his digital camera. He lives
with his wife and son in Odense.
Matthias Kalle
Dalheimer is the President & CEO of KDAB and has, besides
occasional client coding, defined the requirements for the
introduction and use of Kolab and Kontact at KDAB. He spends what
little of his money his kids leave him on his stamp collection and
lives with his wife and son in Hagfors, Sweden.