From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 20 07:19:24 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB6FF16A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:19:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 629A643D48 for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:19:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 21F4F1C0008B for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:19:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id EAE711C0008A for ; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:19:22 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050320071922962.EAE711C0008A@mwinf1112.wanadoo.fr Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 08:19:22 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <926413584.20050320081922@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: <423AD243.5030601@myunix.net> <200503181627.06020@harrymail> <526177289.20050319004436@wanadoo.fr> <945833672.20050319090942@wanadoo.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:19:25 -0000 Nick Pavlica writes: > I referenced the Novell GroupWise product. I'm not sure what you > were referencing with the generic "Groupware" that you mentioned. Within this context they are roughly the same thing. > It's clear that you have little knowledge of this technology and may > want to spend some time learning about it before making blanket > statements about it. I provided enterprise support on messaging systems for years. I know a great deal about it. > My biggest concern is that you don't miss lead someone else on this > list. GroupWise is superior to Exchange in almost every aspect. In terms of messaging, GroupWise is markedly inferior to Exchange. Most companies require messaging more than anything else, without a few "groupware" functions (I put this in quotation marks because it tends to have a very wooly definition). Given this, they need a system that does messaging better than anything else, and that's Exchange. Exchange was designed from the ground up to handle electronic mail, and it does that extraordinarily well. The limited so-called groupware functions it provides were added as afterthoughts. But since this design (e-mail first, with a bit of groupware) closely corresponds to what many large organizations actually require, Exchange turns out to be an excellent fit for many enterprises. > As a straight mail server/"messaging server" Exchange in any > version doesn't hold a candle to the available *nix bases solutions. The opposite is also true. In other words, they address different markets. I wouldn't put Exchange in service at an ISP or in a company with only 60 employees, but I would strongly recommend it in a multinational company with 45,000 employees spread around the world. In the former cases, Exchange is too bloated and expensive for the purpose; in the latter case, Exchange is ideal for the purpose, and its size and expense pale in comparison to the scale of deployment and the resources of the organization using it. > Exchange has it's place with out a doubt, but please don't try to wave > the Exchange flag to someone that knows better. There are few things about which I'm more qualified to speak than Exchange and electronic messaging. Proof of this is that I've spent my entire post discussing the product and the technology--whereas you spent your entire post trying to tell me I'm stupid. Which style do you think is more informative and persuasive? -- Anthony