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Buni Meldware Communication Suite is an open source messaging and collaborative software
Collaborative software
Collaborative software is computer software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve goals...

 product developed by Buni.org. Meldware Communication Suite uses the Java language and Java Virtual Machine
Java Virtual Machine
A Java virtual machine is a virtual machine capable of executing Java bytecode. It is the code execution component of the Java software platform. Sun Microsystems stated that there are over 4.5 billion JVM-enabled devices.-Overview:...

 to support its core implementation. The project envisions ease of installation and configuration as a core goal in addition to executing on multiple platforms and utilizing multiple databases. Meldware Communication Suite consists of: Meldware Mail, Meldware Webmail and Meldware Calendar Server. Originally Meldware Communication Suite was named JBoss
JBoss
JBoss Application Server is an open-source Java EE-based application server. An important distinction for this class of software is that it not only implements a server that runs on Java, but it actually implements the Java EE part of Java...

 Collaboration Server/JBoss Mail Server, but moved to Buni.org in late 2006. As of February 2010, the project seems to be dead. The website www.buni.org is no longer active.

Capabilities

The present release version of Meldware Communication Suite is 1.0 Milestone 8 (Mid 2007). As of this release it supports the IMAP, POP
Post Office Protocol
In computing, the Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern...

 and SMTP protocols with a wide range of security and routing settings. It includes a calendar server which supports both iCalendar
ICalendar
iCalendar is a computer file format which allows Internet users to send meeting requests and tasks to other Internet users, via email, or sharing files with an extension of .ics...

 and WCAP
Web Calendar Access Protocol
Web Calendar Access Protocol is a protocol for remote client-server calendar access and scheduling based on the XML, HTTP, iCalendar, and vCard Internet standards. WCAP was created for use with the product that eventually became Sun Java Calendar Server, but is also used by the open source Buni...

 protocols (which allows scheduling/integration with Mozilla's Thunderbird/Lightning and Evolution). One of the project goals is to allow "Mail-Based Applications" through user extensibility. Much of the core server is implemented using these extension points based on JBoss Application Server's extended version of JMX
Java Management Extensions
Java Management Extensions is a Java technology that supplies tools for managing and monitoring applications, system objects, devices and service oriented networks. Those resources are represented by objects called MBeans...

 MBeans and Java classes conforming to Meldware Mail Server's MailListener interface.
  • IMAP
  • SMTP
  • POP
    Post Office Protocol
    In computing, the Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern...

  • APOP
    Apop
    APop may refer to:*Apoptygma Berzerk a Norwegian electronica band*APOP *Apop Records is an independent record label based in Houston, Texas*APOP Kinyras Peyias FC a Cypriot football club...

  • TLS
    Transport Layer Security
    Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet...

     for POP/SMTP
  • SSL
    Transport Layer Security
    Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet...

     for POP/SMTP
  • pluggable JAAS
    Java Authentication and Authorization Service
    Java Authentication and Authorization Service, or JAAS, pronounced "Jazz", is a Java security framework for user-centric security to augment the Java code-based security...

     login modules
  • Gateways
  • Routing by domain
  • Virtual Hosts
  • Graphical Installation
  • Webmail
  • Calendaring/Scheduling via Web Calendar Access Protocol
    Web Calendar Access Protocol
    Web Calendar Access Protocol is a protocol for remote client-server calendar access and scheduling based on the XML, HTTP, iCalendar, and vCard Internet standards. WCAP was created for use with the product that eventually became Sun Java Calendar Server, but is also used by the open source Buni...

     with plugins for Mozilla Thunderbird
    Mozilla Thunderbird
    Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a web browser...

     and Novell Evolution
    Novell Evolution
    Evolution or Novell Evolution is the official personal information manager and workgroup information management tool for GNOME. It combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functions. It has been an official part of GNOME since version 2.8 in September 2004...


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