On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 05:09:45PM +1000, Rodos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Patrick Kelso wrote:
>
> > I came to work today and asked a few people what they wanted in a mailing
> > system
>
> > a/ instant mailing within the company,
> > b/ reliable storage of their email, and
> > c/ as little to have to do with it as possible.
>
> > Now this seems fair enough to me, I then did some qucik comparisons
> > from our current system, and what was asked for in the first place,
> > and exchange comes out on top, it provides all these features, with
> > minimal interaction with non-technical staff.
>
> Eh? They want instant mailing, reliability and little to do with it. And
> then _Exchange_ came out on top! What did you compare it with, X400 over
> uucp?
>
> IMHO a Unix based MTA such as sendmail or the other alternatives along
> with IMAP and a client (Eudora or even Outlook) would easily meet this
> need at NO cost and would be a hell of a lot easier to manage.
>
> I must be missing something.
No. *YOU* don't.
Install a new version of Exchange or install a new version of sendmail
and a sysadmin should know which one to choose!
Give me sendmail (even with its 'strange' config files) ANY time.
AND:
All my NT server does is serving files and gives the authorisation
to the domain, yet I seems it needs a reboot once a week.
(and yes the machine is state of the art AND follows the hardware
guidelines of Microsoft PRECISELY!)
Yet my Linux box being mailserver, proxi, dns, dhcp, squid, pop3 box,
httpd and etc etc hasnt been rebooted since yonks and still has
all the LATEST updates on it!
GIVE ME A BREAK!
Jobst
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