Scalix is an e-mail and groupware server that runs on Linux, licensed under the Scalix Public License (SPL) .

It was based on HP OpenMail, which was licensed from Hewlett Packard. It 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Scalix was originally made by Scalix Corporation, based in California, with offices in New York, Germany, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Japan. They also had contract operations in India, Russia and the United Kingdom. In July 2007, the company was purchased by Xandros.

Scalix includes and provides the following components as part of its offerings:

• 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

Scalix comes in several different editions: Enterprise, Small Business, Appliance, Xandros, Community, and Raw, the latter two being free software.

Xandros claims there are 250 Scalix-capable partners and affiliates, worldwide.

Software license

The Scalix Public License is based on the Mozilla Public License (MPL); the modifications have not been approved by the Open Source Initiative. The SPL adds an appendix (exhibit b) to the MPL requiring that any products derived from Scalix source code display a "Scalix" logo that links back to the Scalix website, and a copyright notice "in the same form as the latest version of the Covered Code distributed by Scalix at the time of distribution of such copy"; see the license for details.

See also

• Samsung Contact

External links

• Scalix Homepage
• Scalix Community Forums