[TriLUG] [Fwd: LUG: email, im and vpn in large companies]

[bp]

I can only speak of two the two big companies I've worked for:

    Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime, AT&T MTS Dialer
    Eudora / POP3, Lotus Sametime, VPN Client / RSA-Authentication w/ 
SSH for non-Windows

So far, my exposure says that big corps don't *support* linux very well 
but the internal mailing lists / newsgroups take care of you Linux 
desires. 

Sametime has a Perl version and another platform independant alternative 
to the Windows Client.  Not anywhere near as nice as gAIM though....

-bp


Pam Huntley wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> What do most large companies use for email, IM, and vpn clients and 
> infrastructure?  Particularly in mixed environments where both Linux 
> and Windows are used.  What types of protocols do companies use?  What 
> are the linux clients that are used in mixed environments? (and I mean 
> supported GUI clients here).  I'm sure there's lots of stuff I'm 
> missing, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Here's what I've got so far (protocol:clients):
> email:
>    pop, imap: evolution, mozilla, netscape, kmail
>    exchange:  evolution + ximian connector
>    lotus notes (non-imap):  lotus notes under wine
>    aol: ?
>
> IM:
>    AIM: gaim, netscape, aol's client (old?)
>    jabber: gaim, (not sure what the most popular jabber only clients are)
>    icq: gaim
>    msn: gaim
>    yahoo: gaim, yahoo client
>    sametime: sametime java client
>
> vpn:
>    ipsec: freeswan (additional software required also?)
>    cipe: cipe client
>    ssh + ppp (is this really old?)
>    ?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pam