Kolab, exim and multiple accounts per user

Hi there,

in our current setup we run a mailserver based on Debian,
exim as MTA 
with several spam filtering mechanisms. Now we want to
migrate to a 
solution providing us with groupware functionality like
calendars, todo 
lists, network-wide-addressbooks etc. On my first sight i
thought Kolab 
could be _the_ solution we want, but there are a few points
i'm stuck
on and need questions before i i evaluate it, so i hope to
get answeres 
here 

So here we go:
1. Does Kolab support multiple E-Mail Acounts per User (say:
Our users 
have several e-mail addresses (e.g. the ordinary standard
account, a 
support account, a group account, ... ) which they write
from and 
receive mails on. They are seperated from each other and
that is 
wanted.) That is done by several e-mail accounts and is
working exactly 
as it is wanted. Now does Kolab support such a scenario? Is
it possible 
to have several e-mail accounts (maybe even _with_ its own
cals, etc.) 
but don't let them have their own groupware account (which
doesn't make 
sense in my opinion?)

2. Is their any possibility to use exim instead of postfix?
Cause we are 
working with exim on every server we ever installed and
administrated. 
Therefore we have gathered a lot of knowledge about exim and
therefore 
would like to avoid changing things to postfix which we do
not know much 
about. If someone knows about this topic: please let me
know.

Thanks in advance )

Patrick
IT Manager
IN MEDIAS RES

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Hello Patrick

1. Yes you can setup as many accounts as you wish. But maybe
you run in 
trouble to sync all with outlook and toltec/konsec plugin.

I doesnt see any advantage to doing more accounts than just
1 per user.
Better you're doing aliases.
On almost any client i know you can handle more identities
than just one.
You can redirect different ID's in subfolders by the server
(sieve) or 
in the client.

2. i wouldnt suggest you to integrate exim.
Theres no advantage doing this. Postfix is well integrated.
Maybe you're able to integrate exim, but on every update
you'll dealing 
with your hack's.

I suggest you to de-install exim and use nullmailer for
local 
maildelivery and of course the builtin postfix in kolab.

Regards,
Giovanni Baroni

activmedia gmbh
im fahr 7
ch-6035 perlen
+41 78 790 0614 mobile
+41 41 450 0614 telefon
http://www.activmedia.ch


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