Re: [Evolution] wish-list (again)

[Michael Wood <wood kingsley co za>]

Hi

On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 01:30:30PM +0200, Erik Karlberg wrote:
> Michael Wood wrote:
> >
[snip]
> > Initially I thought there was going to be an Evolution server,
> > then I found out there wasn't.  But what would an Evolution
> > server do that isn't handled by an IMAP/POP server, an SMTP
> > server, an LDAP server and a calendar server?
> >
> > i.e. isn't an "Evolution server" just a combination of the
> > above?
>
> Yes, almost. 
>
> However I think that many people would appreciate a whole package,
> distributed as rpm's, deb's or pkg's, that contained all this.
>
> The package should contain at least the following:
>
> SMTP (qmail or sendmail)
> LDAP (openldap)
> IMAP (courier-imap or uw-imap)
> POP (qmail-pop or other)
> Web access to mail, calendar and more (horde with imp or other)
> One interface for configuring and setting everything up.
> One interface for administrating users. (this is supposed to be used by
> non-technical staff)
> Something for the calendar stuff (LDAP?)

What's wrong with just writing a program to install the separate
RPMs based on what the user wants and then another program to
configure all the services?

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