FreeBSD Groupware Server

[Martin Solčiansky]

----- "Albert Shih" <Albert.Shih at obspm.fr> wrote:

> Le 20/04/2011 à 13:42:59-0700, Freddie Cash a écrit
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Odhiambo Washington
> <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 23:34, Freddie Cash <fjwcash at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Odhiambo Washington
> > >> <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > Now, I have to revisit this subject after a year.
> > >> >
> > >> > Anyone knows of a concoction of software that can make me
> achieve the
> > >> > following with FreeBSD:
> > >> <snip>
> > >> > What is the best groupware, based on MySQL, that runs on
> FreeBSD in this
> > >> > time and age? :)
> > >>
> > >> Zimbra 6.0 open-source edition runs (unofficially) on FreeBSD,
> and does
> > >> everything you want.  :)  There's even pre-compiled packages
> available for
> > >> it.
> > >>
> > > Zimbra relies on OpenLDAP (and Postfix, right?). I am looking for
> a
> > > MySQL-based solution.
> > > That Postfix angle and OpenLDAP rules out Zimbra for me,
> unfortunately.
> > 
> > Zimbra does everything internally.  Think of it like a "black box",
> in
> > that everything it needs, it installs, runs, and manages
> internally.
> > 
> > Yes, it uses Postfix, Cyrus IMAP, OpenLDAP, MySQL, SpamAssassin,
> > DSpam, Amavisd-new, etc, etc, etc ... but none of that is exposed
> to
> 
> Patcheds versions
> 
> and actually Zimbra = vmware, and FreeBSD is not supported.
> That's mean you going to suffer to make it's work. 
there is no suffering involved concerning installation and the packages work straight-away. but yes, it is not supported and yes (imho), zimbra is the best opensource package out there so the real question is, sadly: "do I really want to run FreeBSD?"
i know, i do.

s.