Why you should let us look after your mail server

  1. Spam
  2. Spam
  3. Spam
  4. Spam
  5. Spam
  6. Spam
  7. Exchange famously keeps all emails in one big file..
  8. Needs a person to regularly look after it and maintain it
  9. Backups
  10. Some trade-offs

Comments

So should we recommend a local Linux based mail server?

No! The problems are the same. And the answer stays the same. Ask Ian why.

Trade-offs on switching from an Exchange Server..

..are not as obvious as they used to be. Good Thunderbird plugins are now available for running networked calendars and having a shared address book, so looks like excuses for keeping an Exchange server are running out.

I am appreciating it very

I am appreciating it very much! Looking forward to another great blog. Good luck to the author! all the best! molegone.net

All MS products sucks,

All MS products sucks, believe me, Sooner or Later, they are going to vanish from this planet.

All MS products suck???

Wow, a well thought out and clearly structured contribution to the debate on the pros and cons of using MIcrosoft products.

MS is arguably the most successful company in the world, certainly one of the most profitable. They did that by selling products to large numbers of people and organisations from the smallest to the largest all around the world.

So either all these people are wrong and you are right or, unbelievable I know, you just may be talking complete rubbish.

It's not the case that all

It's not the case that all users of MS products chose to use MS Exchange. SO they're neither wrong nor right.
The problem is that people think it's easier and more comfortable to run an office based mail server and in most cases they chose Exchange.
The reality is that if that server runs without any gateway and is directly accesible for mail delievery the users end up with massive spam problems. That's why ISPs employ sysadmins and other people to fight spam.
Also, often these local mail servers are not configured correctly. Again, there's a reason why ISPs employ people...

>>So should we recommend a

>>So should we recommend a local Linux based mail server?

>>No! The problems are the same. And the answer stays the same. Ask Ian why.

Whos ian?

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