Is LDAP the answer?

[Shane Hathaway]

Kimball Larsen wrote:
> Ok, well, I guess it's time for me to dig into some research and  trials 
> and let you all know how I get on.
> 
> Perhaps a tutorial would be in order, if enough interest is shown.

Here's a page to get you started.  It's the list of Groupware servers 
that Kontact supports, many of them open source.  Look at Kolab in 
particular, which appears to be compatible with Outlook:

http://www.kontact.org/groupwareservers.php

Shane