If Dane Cue would like to join this forum (or another that is not vendor controlled) I'll be happy to discuss each and every point. Otherwise, why bother? I've seen much of the material in that response before. I think a number of other MVPs would agree.
He can call me "crazy" or "out in left field" or whatever he wants. And I can do the same. In most of this, he says the same thing that I and others said - just using different word that spin the answer differently. Several times he asserts that I mean something that I did not say. >From an insurance perspective - I absolutely agree - good backups are important. I don't know what other value-add they truly provide, other than disaster recovery. I can provide documentation to back up my statements. I can provide a quote from one of the key developers for ESE that says you don't do these things on a regular basis. To wit: .I'm glad you'd never recommend a tool that would recommend offline defrag as standard maintenance! :) I generally don't recommend regular offline defrags myself, believing if that becomes necessary it is an issue that should be fixed in ESE or whatever app (Exch/AD) is using ESE. Lucid8 has a vested interest in selling their product. I respect that. They do provide some value-add with reporting. But that is all that I see. And I don't approve of their marketing. I personally think that it is misleading. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:48 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: GoExchange Response List, I have a response from Lucid8 concerning their GoExchange product and the questions that were posted a week or so back. I've tried to post the response here but the Lyris server says its too large so if anyone want to read their response, please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I'll forward it to you. It is in DOCX format. Sincerely, Tom Strader Server Systems Administrator NC Blumenthal Performing Arts Center 704.379.1285 Office | 704.444.2098 Fax <http://www.linkedin.com/in/tstrader> http://www.linkedin.com/in/tstrader "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems." ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
