Mail Server / Exchange Server

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 11:15 +0200, Amedee Van Gasse wrote: 
> On Tue, April 12, 2011 02:10, Patton Echols wrote:
> 
> > Second, <noob mode=elevated> The organization's current service limits
> > the number of emails per day.  The service says "everyone does it that
> > way"  If hosting ones own service, isn't it just a function of bandwidth?
> 
> It depends.
> Some ISP's block all outgoing SMTP traffic to external servers and force
> you to use their server.
> If there is no such blocking then yes, essentially it's just a function of
> bandwidth. But I recommend against hosting a mailserver on a regular ISP
> connection. Lots of spam filters are really picky about this. This will
> probably be the case because you talked about a small organisation.
> 
> > Third, If my mail server is a virtual server in a data center somewhere,
> > and serve mail out of it, does my server deliver mail through some other
> > provider's server?  Or direct to recipients?  If the answer is "either"
> > how does one decide?
> 
> A mail server in a data center (or in the cloud) is probably a better
> solution. Your mail will go direct to the recipients' mail server.
> 
> > Finally, the organization's mail is currently hosted on a  exchange
> > server, but I am told that it is really only being used for mail.  Does
> > anyone know what else an exchange server can do that is useful? and or
> > is there a particularly "fine manual" that I should read?
> 
> Calendar, Address book, just to name 2 of Exchange's groupware functions.

That's what I use Evolution for. Works for me, syncing with our google
group just fine. Ric


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