Opinions

Intel's Dot.station: Why the DOJ Was Right
Intel announced plans for a Linux-based Web appliance, and immediately the product was dissed by analysts who said that it could never compete effectively with PCs. But Paul Ferris argues that the Dot.station will be a cost-effective altertative to Windows PCs--and shows why Intel's actions prove that the DOJ was correct in going after Microsoft.
Thursday, June 22, 2000 12:10:14 PM EST

Previews

Leading and Bleeding with XFree86 4.0 and KDE 2 Beta
With KDE 2 and XFree86 4.0 on the horizon, you'll soon need to make some difficult decisions about upgrading your Linux systems. To ease your mind about these important choices, we asked Scott Courtney to tell how he upgraded his Linux system to run both XFree86 4.0 and KDE 2--and show how these hot new technologies will change your Linux usage.
Monday, May 15, 2000 10:11:30 AM EST

Reports

Outblaze Kindles Own Linux Flame
There are companies out there who will never need to migrate to Linux. The joys and pitfalls of transition will be forever lost to them. That's because they've been using Linux from Day One. Outblaze, an e-mail and messaging provider that handles about five percent of the world's total e-mail traffic, is one such company.
Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:07:36 AM EST

Linux, SiteScape Save the Green
When you hear the phrase "saving the green," do you usually conjure images of saving the environment? Or, perhaps, saving money? Green is a color associated with these elements, so it there can be a pause when this phrase is heard, until one can figure out the context. In the case of one government agency's use of Linux and some very flexible collaboration software from SiteScape, both instances of the phrase can certainly be true.
Thursday, February 12, 2004 03:47:52 PM EST

Spam Cleaning with the Big Boys
"You think you've got spam problems with a hundred or so spam messages a day? Try being an ISP or a business where on a good day you don't get more than a one hundred thousand spam mails a day..."
Monday, November 10, 2003 10:28:07 AM EST

PureMessage Raises E-mail Admin Standard
URGENT REPLY REQUESTED may have been funny the first two thousand times it showed up in your employees' Inboxes, but now it and the rest of the deluge of spam and viruses have added up to a real and burdensome cost in manpower and systems. One Canadian firm is using the power of Perl for a fast, sleek, and very efficient e-mail administation and filtering tool: PureMessage.
Tuesday, September 2, 2003 11:48:06 AM EST

CommuniGate Pro 4.1 Continues Stalker's Linux Growth
Commercial products for Linux are often given a wide berth, as many admins and developers question the need to pay for something they can already get for free. Stalker Software's CommuniGate Pro messaging server is one of those products that is gaining a strong following in the Linux enterprise despite the existence of a price tag.
Monday, June 30, 2003 11:32:05 AM EST

Gordano Messaging Suite: Early, Current Support for Linux Platform
It used to be called NTMail and it ran on the Windows platform with the same name. Put as time went by, the makers of NTMail realized that their next move had to be Linux platform. Today, Gordano is one of the largest software vendors of messaging software, and their customers definitely like the availability of products for Linux. Brian Proffitt reports.
Thursday, March 6, 2003 11:49:37 AM EST

Getting Connected: The Evolution of Linux and Windows E-Mail Integration
In today's world of tight IT and MIS budgets, saving money and
investing wisely in new infrastructure are words to keep your job
by. Regardless of whether there's a recession, times are tough and
money is tight. One good way to implement cost-savings, Bill von Hagen reports, is to use non-Microsoft products in a corporate e-mail environment. In this article, he gives a detailed overview of the Ximian Evolution client and how, with the help of the Ximian connector plug-in, it can allow Linux-based clients to work freely with Exchange-based messaging systems.
Friday, March 22, 2002 11:31:07 AM EST

GNOME on the Road; Rolling out the Red Carpet
It takes the ultimate road trip--in this case, the sprawling and demanding COMDEX trade show--to thoroughly test software. Michael Hall tells how he used the road tools in GNOME to file regular dispatches from COMDEX. In addition, he delivers some early information about Red Carpet, Helix Code's subscription plan for GNOME.
Monday, November 20, 2000 09:10:44 AM EST

.comment: Going Broadband With a Cable Modem
It should be a simple enough task: connect a Linux box to the Internet via a cable modem. But when Dennis E. Powell tried it--and in the process set up his Linux box with a firewall and a hub--he found that support for Linux still isn't universal among vendors (including Linux vendors) and that his best tools for cable-modem nirvana were elbow grease, an educated friend, and some luck.
Wednesday, September 27, 2000 06:00:00 AM EST

Jabber: The Linux of Instant Messaging?
An Open-Source alternative enters the IM fray, trumpeting a challenge to AIM's dominance of the market. But America Online is firmly intrenched in the instant-messaging field, so the battle should be difficult. Patricia Fusco reports.
Monday, June 26, 2000 12:13:44 PM EST

Connecting with GNOME Mail Clients
If e-mail is the Internet's killer app, then it behooves an emerging desktop like GNOME to feature robust mail clients. In this article, Michael Hall looks at the many GNOME mail clients available--Balsa, Spruce, Mahogany, Bynari Tradeclient, and CSC Mail--and found a surprisingly large number of powerful mail clients.
Monday, June 19, 2000 09:07:48 AM EST

Reviews

Status Report: Chandler Desktop and Server
Earlier this month, the Open Source Applications Foundation (OSAF) announced a major staff reorganization, which included the departure of founder Mitch Kapor as head of the OSAF's flagship project, Chandler. After almost seven years of effort there is finally a release remotely resembling something a casual user might consider giving a try.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 09:59:22 AM EST

Scalix-ing Up to Enterprise Messaging Needs
One difficulty all commercial Linux-based e-mail and groupware products face is the availability of free open source software with similar functionality. Scalix Corp.'s Scalix Server addresses this with free versions, but its business model seeks to woo customers to more advanced groupware in its Small Business and Enterprise editions.
Thursday, August 3, 2006 10:36:19 AM EST

IceWarp Takes the Linux Mail Server Plunge
Taking on the Linux world with an e-mail server that is neither open source nor free in any sense of the word is a risky endeavor. IceWarp is diving in with a high-performance mail engine and a suite of additional components to accompany it.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:26:50 AM EST

Scalix 10 Turns It Up to Eleven
When you think of Web-based e-mail, images of static text, clunky interfaces, and slow performance may come to mind. Until this week, that was the reality that many of us had to contend with. The release of Scalix 10 promises to radically alter that reality. Brian Proffitt reviews the demo and talks to Scalix founder Julie Farris.
Thursday, February 16, 2006 01:56:33 PM EST

Blue Security's Do Not Intrude Registry
Most people set up some type of filter to weed out the bad email from the good. That approach, has its limitations. One company is trying a new, open source-based approach that creates a user-enforced "Do Not Spam" list.
Thursday, February 2, 2006 09:23:03 AM EST

Teaming Up with Zimbra's Collaboration Suite
Email is a pretty mundane topic these days. Since it's so pervasive, the subject is rarely brought up at social gatherings. And, if other email systems work the same, why switch to anything new? Rob Reilly finds that one new system, Zimbra, may get the conversation started again.
Monday, October 24, 2005 01:42:22 PM EST

Loving the Linspire Desktop
Linux--a word that normally causes migraines for non-techies--is a whole lot easier to swallow as a desktop operating system. We take a look at Linspire to see what it offers small business owners who might not think they have the tech-savvy to put Linux in their shop.
Monday, August 30, 2004 02:49:46 PM EST

It’s a Love/Hate Relationship with Mozilla Mail 1.6
A veteran Windows user takes a journey to Open Source when spam drives him away from Outlook Express and into the arms of Mozilla Mail 1.6.
Monday, April 5, 2004 12:04:32 PM EST

A Sneak Preview of NetWin's SurgeMail
In her continuing series on commercial mail servers, Dee-Ann LeBlanc examines the next generation of Dmail: NetWin's SurgeMail. How does it live up to its venerable predecessor?
Monday, May 6, 2002 11:50:12 AM EST

Review: SuSE Linux eMail Server III
There is something to be said for a slick interface, which the SuSE Linux eMail Server III seems to have in spades. Dee-Ann LeBlanc takes a look at this product in her continuing series of reviews of commercial e-mail servers and finds that beauty, in this case, is a bit more than skin deep.
Thursday, March 28, 2002 09:35:43 AM EST

Volution: Promising Solution, GUI Not Quite There Yet
There are a myriad of Linux e-mail and messaging servers available right now, and choosing the right one for your organization is not always an easy decision. LinuxPlanet's Dee-Ann LeBlanc wades through the commercial e-mail server products that are out there to see what's what. Her first stop: Caldera's Volution Messaging Server.
Wednesday, March 20, 2002 12:54:53 PM EST

And To Think That I Saw It On The Mulberry E-Mail Client
Brian Proffitt reviews the Mulberry e-mail client, an existing software package that is being ported to the Linux and UNIX worlds. He found Mulberry to be on a par with any of the graphic e-mail clients out there for Linux, and certainly worth a look by anyone who is seeking a GUI mail client.
Friday, January 19, 2001 11:37:46 AM EST

Sendmail vs. Qmail: A Rational Comparison
Sendmail is a long-established, venerable mail transport agent (MTA). But qmail, while sporting fewer features, has attracted a wide following thanks to relative ease of use. So which to choose? William Wong lays out the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Friday, March 24, 2000 01:01:48 AM EST

Improving the Direct E-Mail Interface with Lyris
Communicating directly with end users is the biggest advantage behind electronic mail for the corporate and educational worlds. But end users are increasingly tired of receiving spam, so it's important to manage e-mail in a way that benefits everyone. The solution: sophisticated mail-server tools like Lyris, an established mail-list server. We review a beta version for Linux.
Thursday, December 9, 1999 10:36:45 AM EST

Better Email Security with Procmail
Pete Mills takes a look at a great free program which blocks out a lot of Email virus problems for MS Windows and NT- by filtering incoming Email on a Linux box.
Monday, July 19, 1999 02:56:04 PM EST

Tutorials

Organizing Your Desktop Communications
In this tutorial, we'll look at two great utilities: Tuxcards, the ultimate digital notebook and organizer of zillions of tiny bits of information, and how to use SpamAssassin with KMail without having to run your own mailserver.
Monday, March 7, 2005 12:46:31 PM EST

SpamAssassin and Amavisd: Go Ninja On Your UBE Woes
Building an Anti-Virus/Anti-Spam Gateway (Part 1): With SpamAssassin, Amavisd-new, and ClamAV, you've got all you need to build a Linux-based SMTP gateway that stops spam and viruses cold.
Thursday, September 9, 2004 11:38:36 AM EST

How To Move To A New Cyber Address
In the world of Internet Service Providers, many consumers and small businesses may find that Linux is a bit of a pariah when it comes to getting support. All is not lost, as Rob Reilly learned during his recent move to a new ISP. Along the way, he picked up some useful tips to use before making any ISP move.
Monday, August 25, 2003 10:10:08 AM EST

Admin Digest: Stopping Spam with Linux
Spam is a topic that will get most sys admins to start pulling out their hair whenever it's mentioned. This deluge of white noise floods e-mail inboxes every day. But is there a way to turn down the volume on some of this noise? In this Admin Digest, Rob Reilly reviews some of the better ways to block dreaded spam.
Monday, March 24, 2003 09:38:14 AM EST

How I Caught the Spam and What I Did With it When I Caught it
Longtime Perl programmer Mark-Jason Dominus tells us about an unhappy incident involving food and some lawyers. He also finds time tell us how to deal with annoying Email.
Thursday, October 14, 1999 03:43:35 PM EST

How to Run an Email List Under Linux
Most Internet users will be on or will have tried out an 'email list'. Here's your chance to set up your own with majordomo!
Saturday, May 29, 1999 01:36:47 PM EST