Scalix
 Scalix is an open
source e-mail and groupware server.
It was originally based on HP OpenMail, which was licensed
from Hewlett Packard.
Scalix provides e-mail, calendars and other collaborative
software, which are standard in groupware. It can be accessed from many
different clients, most notably Microsoft Outlook, Novell Evolution
(formerly Ximian) and Scalix Web Access, an AJAX-based web email and
calendaring client that combines the functionality of desktop email
with the ease-of-use of a browser.
Scalix comes in several different editions: Enterprise, Small
Business, Appliance, Xandros, Community and Raw, with only the latter
two being free software.
Features include:
- Scalix email and calendar server, a full-featured messaging
and collaboration server based on Linux and open source
- ScalixConnect for Outlook, robust third-party native and
transparent Outlook support
- Scalix Web Access, an AJAX-based cross-browser,
cross-platform email and calendaring client that combines desktop email
functionality with the convenience of a browser
- ScalixConnect for Evolution,
full-function email and
calendaring client support for Linux desktop users
- Scalix Wireless Solution, advanced wireless email/PIM
support for Blackberries, Treos and Smartphones
- Scalix Administration Console, AJAX-based web client for
administering the Scalix server and email users
- ScalixReady for Open Source and Commercial messaging
ecosystem components, which certifies that third party software works
with Scalix
- MS Ecosystem Interoperability for seamless co-existence
with MS Exchange and Active Directory
- Individual email level backup / restore when using SepSesam
- Full group scheduling capabilities including ability to
look up free/busy information for attendees and resources, ability to
find next available slot for all attendees, ability to schedule
required and optional attendees as well as resources (i.e. conference
rooms), ability to attach files and view attachments in meeting
requests, ability to track acceptance status of attendees, and the full
selection of response options for meeting requests (accept, decline,
accept tentative, and propose new time)
- Transparent, standards-based auto-conversion of meeting
requests and responses between Scalix Web Access and desktop clients
such as Outlook
- Ability for a user to define a delegate for their mailbox
and to assign specific rights to delegates, such as the right to manage
their email and calendar
- The ability for a user to share personal folders with other
users or groups and define the access level for each user or group
- Access to user address and other user information in the
global directory via Scalix Web Access address book
- Permissions-based public folders for emails, calendars and
contacts. Ability to drag and drop items from your mailbox (email,
contacts, calendar) to public folders
- Users can freely interchange between Scalix Web Access and
desktop clients such as Outlook without losing data or formatting of
emails, calendars, contacts
- Single-click sorting of messages by subject, sender,
date/time
- Sub-second mailbox-wide message searching which allows for
searching of attachments and focused searches (such as searching only
for messages that have attachments, that are marked as high importance,
that were received within a certain date range, etc.)
- Mouseover functionality for rapid browsing of appointments,
contacts, and message previews. Right-click menus to view, modify or
delete calendar items without having to open them or leave the inbox or
folder in view
- Ability for each user to tailor the interface to his/her
preference (i.e. resizable and collapsible frames, hide/show part of
the user interface)
- Ability to send and receive emails in rich text format
- Auto-completion while addressing messages
- Auto-insertion of customizable signature when composing
messages
- Integrated spell-checker while composing messages or upon
Send
- Ability to set message importance and sensitivity
– ability
to set for outgoing messages and view for received messages
- Ability to manage one or multiple calendars from a single
user interface
- Ability to create and manage contacts and personal
distribution lists
- Rules wizard to create server-side rules for automated
management of incoming email
- Out-of-office assistant to automatically reply or forward
messages. Interoperable with Outlook
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