Mark Komarinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) Why use exchange? No really. If all you want is an IMAP server, > what is the reason for using Exchange?
All *engineering* wants is an IMAP server. The business side already has an Exchange server. The basic argument is, "Why can't Engineering just use the Exchange server as an IMAP server?". > 2) What is the cost/benefit analysis? Exchange isn't free, nor are > some of the backup applications you use to back up it's database, nor is > the maintenance time required to keep a Windows box up and patched. > Assume hardware costs are constant (same box running the IMAP server) > and then calculate from there - how much to back up the data, how much > maintenance required, how long to create/remove users. Ahhh, backup/restores, I hadn't considered that angle. That's a good one. Currently we back up using amanda which is quick and easy to back up to, Exchange isn't that easy :) > If you're using calendaring, well you're kinda stuck. I've never gotten > Evolution to work with our Exchange server, and even if it did, it > doesn't support many of the calendaring features you get in Outlook. I > run Outlook in a VMware machine so my calendar works, and this is after > fighting with Entourage (Mac client that uses the same protocol as > Evolution) for the better part of a year. Yeah, don't get me started on Entourage. I've been there before. Ever tried using that as an IMAP client? It can't do that right either ! -- Seeya, Paul _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
