No flames needed. There are plenty of things Kerio could improve. The
archives definatly could use improvement. But it does fit our needs
nicely.
--Matt Ross
Ephrata School District
On Oct 22, 2009, at 6:16 PM, "Jim Majorowicz"<[email protected]>
wrote:
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
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