What he said. Cory Petkovsek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 11:48:20AM -0800, Jason wrote: > > Maybe a dumb question, but why does the customer want > > a separate box vs. installing something like netiq's > > mailmarshal right on the Exchange box? > > The customer probably wants a solution, not necessarily a separate box. How > much does mailmarshall cost? I tried to find out, but apparently it costs too > much to put the price tag on the website. > > > Is the Exchange box the mx? (I hope not) Is this > > solution being planned for the mx? This is what I'd > > tend to recommend (anti-spam on either the mx or the > > Exchange box), since I don't see a reason to add > > another box to the mix (unless they have a ton of mail > > traffic). > > Here we are, $630 for 100 email boxes > $230 for a 1 year upgrade plan for same. > $65 for 1 year of tech support > > That price isn't bad, but I'd choose a separate box for the same reasons: > - Because of more control, I find it more convenient to work in a unix > environment. A client isn't going to work on it either way, so it doesn't > matter to them. > - Extended licensing costs are dollars they can pay me. They are likely going > to pay me the same either way, commercial or OSS, so why not save them some > money. > - OSS is open source, completely trouble-shootable, free, Free, etc > - Upgrades are free. > - Additional mailboxes are free. > - I can easily and quickly make the box a secure webserver too, add webmail > for another hour. Want bar graphs of your internet traffic? > - I can set it up or troubleshoot it remotely and securely with the default > setup over a slow internet connection. You can do most of that with windows, > but not all four. > > Cory > > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug >
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