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Insight Family of products is a collaboration suite of products that consists of open source
components and proprietary development, by Bynari, that runs on Linux
.
The email server is based on open source components of Cyrus IMAP, Postfix
, Berkeley DB
, OpenLDAP
and ProFTP. It also uses Spamassassin
, Clamav, and AMaViS for security. It conforms to open standards: syncML
, GroupDAV
, Caldav
, and Webdav
. The middleware products are developed by Bynari and provide groupware sharing with calendars, contacts, and tasks.
Bynari’s products support various email clients. Microsoft Outlook
, Novell Evolution
, and Mozilla Sunbird
are used for groupware sharing with the current products.
Bynari’s products consist of Insight Server, Insight Connector, Insight Addressbook, and Insight WebClient.
Insight Family of products is developed by Bynari Inc, based in Texas
. Development of the products is a joint effort with various OEM partners.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
components and proprietary development, by Bynari, that runs on Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
.
The email server is based on open source components of Cyrus IMAP, Postfix
Postfix (software)
In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA....
, Berkeley DB
Berkeley DB
Berkeley DB is a computer software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for key/value data. Berkeley DB is a programmatic software library written in C with API bindings for C++, PHP, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, Smalltalk, and most other programming languages...
, OpenLDAP
OpenLDAP
OpenLDAP Software is a free, open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol developed by the OpenLDAP Project. It is released under its own BSD-style license called the OpenLDAP Public License. LDAP is a platform-independent protocol. Several common Linux distributions...
and ProFTP. It also uses Spamassassin
SpamAssassin
SpamAssassin is a computer program released under the Apache License 2.0 used for e-mail spam filtering based on content-matching rules. It is now part of the Apache Foundation....
, Clamav, and AMaViS for security. It conforms to open standards: syncML
SyncML
SyncML is the former name for a platform-independent information synchronization standard. The project is currently referred to as Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management...
, GroupDAV
GroupDAV
GroupDAV is a computer protocol used to connect Open Source groupware clients with Open Source groupware servers. It is a lightweight protocol whose primary design goal is to be as simple as possible to implement, focusing more on real world issues with open source applications than on an...
, Caldav
CalDAV
Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV, or CalDAV, is an Internet standard allowing a client to access scheduling information on a remote server. It extends WebDAV specification and uses iCalendar format for the data. The protocol is defined by RFC 4791...
, and Webdav
WebDAV
Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is a set of methods based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol that facilitates collaboration between users in editing and managing documents and files stored on World Wide Web servers...
. The middleware products are developed by Bynari and provide groupware sharing with calendars, contacts, and tasks.
Bynari’s products support various email clients. Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite...
, 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...
, and Mozilla Sunbird
Mozilla Sunbird
Mozilla Sunbird is a free and open source, cross-platform calendar application that was developed by the Mozilla Foundation, Sun Microsystems and many volunteers...
are used for groupware sharing with the current products.
Bynari’s products consist of Insight Server, Insight Connector, Insight Addressbook, and Insight WebClient.
- Insight Server is an email server that supports Linux and SCO’s Open Server operating systems.
- Insight Connector provides Outlook sharing for IMAP servers like Cyrus IMAP serverCyrus IMAP serverThe Cyrus IMAP server differs from other IMAP server implementations in that it is generally intended to be run on sealed servers, where normal users cannot log in. The mail spool uses a filesystem layout and format similar to the Maildir format used by other popular email servers such as qmail,...
, Courier Mail Server, KolabKolabKolab is an open source groupware suite. It consists of the Kolab server and a wide variety of Kolab clients, including KDE PIM-Suite Kontact, Horde Webfrontend, Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Lightning with SyncKolab extension and Microsoft Outlook with proprietary Kolab-Connector PlugIns.-Basic...
and Insight Server.
- Insight Addressbook allows Outlook contacts sharing with LDAPLightweight Directory Access ProtocolThe Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol network...
servers.
- Insight WebclientInsight (E-mail client)Insight WebClient is an groupware email client from Bynari embedded on Arachne web browser for DOS. It supports IMAP4, POP3 and SMTP email protocol with simple settings. It allows Sunbird, Outlook, and Evolution to work together....
is the web mail client, provides web browser access and shares calendars, contacts, folders and tasks with desktop clients.
Insight Family of products is developed by Bynari Inc, based in Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. Development of the products is a joint effort with various OEM partners.