[TriLUG] I see an exchange server in my future

[Marc]

I currently admin a qmail server that is accessed POP3.  Although I am
irritated at the host and do not recommend that for various reasons (not my
decision), I do think that from what I read online, qmail is a good app to
run.  I will probably lobby for that if I can convince them to move back
in-house.

Otherwise I would also recommend Thunderbird email client.  It is great and
there should be very little missing that you can't find a workaround for.
D/L and install it concurrently with the outlook, then when you run it you
can import the pst files and it will be up and running with no loss of
emails.  Also I have a user that is swamped with spam so I am going to be
trying the spam filter functions and showing her how to use that asap.
Pretty cool for a client to have since so many of the winderz apps seem to
be malware magnets.


Marc





On 8/15/06, Jim Davis <davisjcd at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Criteria for evaluation, in no particular order:
>
> -- full collaboration, including calendaring, tasks, contacts, email, etc.
> All the stuff that Exchange does.  Kerio does that part pretty well.
>
> -- cheap.  Free is better, but my school system is not skilled in Linux
> sysadmin, except for one sharp individual (not me).  MS Exchange with the
> education discounts was close to the cheapest option, by the way.
>
> -- integration with all PDAs, like CrackBerries, Q, Treo, Win devices.
> Kerio is a little weak here with BB, but does integrate with the others.
>
> -- works with a heavily Apple environment.  Yes, the techs who administer
> the Apple servers can do a little UNIX-like stuff, but we're really
> focused
> on desk side support.  You really only get the full experience with
> Exchange
> through the web if you run Internet Explorer, and that is not supported by
> Microsoft for Apples machines anymore.  Even with the relative immunity of
> Apple machines to spy ware and viruses, the lack of browser support gave
> me
> pause.
>
> -- Not too demanding on client hardware.  Zimbra works beautifully if
> you're
> running a new machine, but we have Apple machines that are 15 years old
> still providing good service.  Yes, 15 years old.  BenGay is a major
> consumable for these machines.
>
> -- let's users choose their client.  We have some running POP clients,
> others MAPI, others IMAP.  Some use Outlook, others just web access, other
> Entourage.  Haven't tried it with Thunderbird, but I'd bet Kerio does
> fine.
>
> When I was doing the evaluation, I worked directly with the software
> developers, or as close as I could get -- pre-sales MS support was the
> farthest I was away from coders.  This wasn't the most analytical
> evaluation, and the Apple machines are a special factor, but we did the
> best
> we could.  In the end, price vs. performance vs. support led us.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Neil L. Little
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 2:16 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] I see an exchange server in my future
>
> Sorry to have taken solong to reply...
>
> Jim,
> So in the evaluation that you performed for your school district what
> were the criteria that involved you keeping the Kerio MailServer?
> I havent looked at Kerio yet but does that include the calender
> function? Thats the biggie here and why its so hard to get these folks to
> even consider being weanned off of Outlook.
>
> Neil Little, WA4AZL
> JARS Forever!! ...er TRILUG Too!
>
> > I just performed an evaluation for my school district, looking at Kerio
> > MailServer (the incumbent and winner), MS Exchange, CommuniGate,
> Gordano,
> > Zimbra Collaboration Suite, OpenXchange and one other.  I've also used
> > GroupWise, which is pretty good.  Our issues were performance, client
> > hardware requirements, integration with PDAs and support for the many
> > Apple
> > machines in use.  Straight Outlook integration is easy with most of
> these,
> > and Kerio MailServer 6.2 works well, is cheap, supports many
> OS's.  Kerio
> > has a few problems, but its cheapness overcomes them.  Hope this helps!
> >
> > Regards, Jim
>
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