I spent many years (7) working for ISPs, before I became an independent. Between our acquisitions and and customer takeovers, I've seen lots of mail servers, includin Kerio.
The per-folder design is quite common. There are generally index files for each folder too. This is a standard Unix/Linux design philosophy. Kerio is one of the better mail servers, actually. But that is limited to MAIL. If you want a do-everything messaging server, similar to Exchange; you need to be looking at Merak/Icewarp (on the low-end) to Zimbra or OpenExchange on the high-end. NOTHING replaces appropriate backups and operational procedures. I actually find Exchange one of the easier messaging system to administer, but I know that I'm in the minority in that opinion. ________________________________________ From: Jim Majorowicz [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:16 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Outlook 2007, constant hard disk thrashing. Not to flame too much here, but we just picked up a new client because their previous IT consultant had them using Kerio v. 6.7.1. The server that the Kerio server side software was running on had a hardware crash and needed to be restored from backup. For some reason I cannot begin to fathom, the backup data from the Kerio server contained only *INDIVIDUAL* mail items. I'm talking .EML files here. There was not folder structure, no contacts, nothing but stacks upon stacks of email files in dated folders. They lost ALL their contact information, and if it weren't for one user who also synced his blackberry on regular basis, they would have been in a world of hurt. Admittedly I am an Exchange guy, but it seems to me that Kerio has no way to protect against disaster, other than the occasional deleted email. I can tell you I find Kerio lacking in that regard, based on what little contact I've had with it so far. We're installing a SBS 2008 server for them as soon as the new hardware arrives... -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 1:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Outlook 2007, constant hard disk thrashing. We use Kerio, Yes. The Kerio mail server is very good for our situation. I don't know how many users we're talking about with the Exchange situation, but we have 200 users here. Kerio has exchange compatibility, so users of Outlook/Entourage can connect using an activesync connection and receive most all the features of Exchange. Users who want connect that way can, but it's not a supported email client for us. That being said, I've never had to support any of our Outlook users beyond setting them up, it just works for them. We support our users with the webmail interface, which is excellent. Being webmail, they can/do use separate email folders with filtering/forwarding rules and whatnot. Other than that, they have a quota they cannot exceed. Kerio's week spot is it's inability to scale. There are no methods of running more than a single mail server. So if you're running thousands of users and feeling sluggish on top-notch hardware, you've moved beyond Kerio's capabilities. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:42:30 -0700 Subject: Re: Outlook 2007, constant hard disk thrashing. > On 21 Oct 2009 at 11:29, Matthew W. Ross wrote: > > > What?! 5GB? A separate partition? Can't defrag files that large?! > > > > Thank heavens we don't use Outlook/Exchange. That's just insanity, if you > > ask me. > > What do you use? Your headers say > > X-Mailer: Kerio MailServer 6.7.1 WebMail > > Does that mean each end-user manages his/her mailboxes on their local > machines? > > The only reseller in AZ doesn't even list Kerio Mailserver on their website > FWIW ... > > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > +-----------------------------------+ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
