[CS-FSLUG] Help Me Keep Outlook Out (of My Church's Office)

[Timothy R. Butler]

My church's office currently has two users using Outlook, two using 
Outlook Express and two using Thunderbird. Our new office administrator 
wants to replace the Outlook Express and Thunderbird installs with more 
copies of Outlook... and, I think, get a server to run Exchange on. 
This, obviously, is the opposite direction I was hoping we'd move it -- 
it just means more security issues, and probably more broken systems 
for me to repair.

  So, I need your help, ASAP. Does anyone know of a good groupware 
solution that will provide functionality comparable to Outlook with 
Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Calendar? Or barring a Mozilla 
solution, some other Outlook alternative for Windows. What I mean is 
that we need shared calendars, shared address books, etc. The server 
can run GNU/Linux or something else, but the clients must be Windows. 
It must be as easy to use (or nearly as easy) as Outlook.

  Is there such a solution? I don't think OpenGroupware or Kolab work 
with Mozilla to provide what needs to be provided, but correct me if 
I'm wrong. I can't imagine having to deal with a Microsoft server and a 
bunch of easily broken into Windows XP systems at church -- that would 
be a mess!

  Help!

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