I'm not touching Zimbra if it requires me (which it probably doesn't) to spin up 8 hosts like you do. :)
I can happily run 10k+ Exchange 2010 mailboxes on two servers. If I was spinning up something that had to actually host mailboxes on a small-ish scale (and I didn't have a budget), I would do what Eric does and use Postfix/Dovecot/$the_newest_elite_webmail_solution. If I had a small budget and didn't already have an existing mailbox infrastructure, I'm more than likely going to outsource it (O365, Google or whatever). Josh On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > Zimbra is great. I don't know why everyone doesn't use it. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Tyler Treat" <tyler.tr...@cornbelttech.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Wednesday, June 1, 2016 1:37:48 PM > > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Urgently need Exchange DB Guru > > I can't fully disagree with the your email Josh - for customers. > That said, in a large, and growing office environment, it's hard to match > the featureset of exchange if you're willing to pay for it every couple > revisions... > Then if you dump office365 into the mix for ultra small headcount orgs who > don't want/cant justify servers and maintenance, it's pretty slick. > > Disclaimer: I've never knowingly used zimbra, so it may be just as good if > you've got someone who can make it dance. > > > ________________________________________ > From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Josh Reynolds < > j...@kyneticwifi.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 1:31 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Urgently need Exchange DB Guru > > [1] As a small to medium ISP, you lack the experience of a large email > provider > [2] As a small to medium ISP, you lack the hardware redundancy of a > large email provider > [3] As a small to medium ISP, you lack the software redundancy of a > large email provider > [4] As a small to medium ISP, you likely have other, more important > duties besides worrying about managing your own email server > [5] As a small to medium ISP, you lack the dedicated team a large > email provider has to help get off / stay off blacklists > [6] As a small to medium ISP, internal per user mail cost via cloud > provider is a very efficient use of opex given the above > [7] As a small to medium ISP, you can only "do better" than the above > in cost alone. > [8] As a small to medium ISP, If cost is the only importance when it > comes to mail, use Zimbra, Sendmail, etc. > [9] As a small to medium ISP, if you INSIST on offering hosted mail to > customers, consider Sendmail. Sendmail has been used by a metric > asston of ISPs - potentially serving several billion customers over > the years. It is very well tested and supported. > [10] As a small to medium ISP, if you INSIST on offering hosted mail > to customers and don't like Sendmail, consider Zimbra. Zimbra will > offer you support and features very similar to Exchange with a much > lower cost. Your end user devices won't know there is a difference. > > Somebody is going to come up with certain experiences they've had > running Exchange, or Qmail, or $whatever. That's fine, you experience > and opinions are no less relevant. > > Now I'm going to bow out, and maybe watch the carnage unfold after I > finish making this new ansible/Juniper playbook :) > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Dennis Burgess <dmburg...@linktechs.net> > wrote: > > 1.. exchange is easy. > > 2. why works great! > > > > > > > > > > www.linktechs.net – 314-735-0270 x103 – dmburg...@linktechs.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds > > Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 12:52 PM > > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Urgently need Exchange DB Guru > > > > [1] Good luck with getting it fixed > > > > [2] Get the fuck off exchange > > > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Gino Villarini <ginovi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> thanks! > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 1:35 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm > >> <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Keith Willis with Progent > >>> > >>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Gino Villarini <ginovi...@gmail.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> We have a issue with our Exchange server. The database does not > mount. > >>>> Any recommendations for a Exchange Professional? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your > >>> team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > >> > >> > >