Re: OT:Exchange good? (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Stephen
i can see this happening, and i would like to see more options besides exchange. i think its healthy for dev teams to have something to compete against. but remember exchange is also backed by a huge suite of other things that all work together and it all integrates. thats the flip side that

RE: HackFest Linux Security Series: XSS Gates or Security is EXPLOIT of TRUST

2009-02-20 Thread Lisa Kachold
XSS-Shell and XSS-Tunneling is not OS [Windows/Unix-Linux/BSD/OS X] dependent (see the full explanation below) [Thanks for asking]! What is important here, rather than assuming that Linux is secure [and Windows is virus prone], is that you, as users, (and budding professional) as you head

DeLUG One has arrived at the Westin.

2009-02-20 Thread huertanix
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RE: OT:Exchange good? (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I disagree... Mostly. - Tough to backup Like any database it needs to be shut down for standard file backups to work properly. This can be done via a simple script and is not a real issue. However the use of back up programs like BackupExec make it a breeze to back up and restore. However I

RE: OT:Exchange good? (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 09:45 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: I disagree... Mostly. - Tough to backup Like any database it needs to be shut down for standard file backups to work properly. This can be done via a simple script and is not a real issue. However the use of back up programs like

Re: OT:Exchange good? (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Stephen
I know the 2 bugaboos for excahnge in requirements is Disk IO for large companies, (not as much an issue in a small sub 1000 users company) and ram. exchange up to 2003 is a 4gb of ram beastie. im not sure about the mailbox recovery, but i know it can run on ESXi vm as long as you have 2 cores

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Craig, I think you are missing the point. So, not to call you out on the carpet here but have you ever managed a large enterprise? If so could you please explain your ideal concept of how you manage to keep productivity high and cost low without use of any non-free or non-open products? Take

RE: OT:Exchange good? (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I ran it integrated on the same machine as the AD server (which was duel core mid range Power Edge 1600 IIRC). Supposedly I should have run it on its own box because it slows down the AD controller but it met my needs and worked great. The only complaint I had was that exchange would act slow for

RE: OT:Exchange good? (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Agreed, for larger companies ( I would even say over 500 users) the disk IO can brutal. Especially since it writes every message or change to the store before scanning for discard. Which is another reason why $500/year for off site spam scanning is a must. Also remember it is handling much more

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Stephen P Rufle
Would it be fair to say that MS keeps just enough of exchange or its communication methods secret so that it is hard for others (OSS projects) to create the same seamless integration available using the MS native programs without buying a license for the secret technology . It seems that the

RE: OT:Exchange good? (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I can concur with a great deal of what your saying. However I am intrigued by your statement of There are many other choices I am hoping to find ones that work well for the very small business and the very large that provide the same functionality of Exchange, but have not. Do you have a

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I firmly second that motion. Particularly ones economical for the very small and very large enterprises _ From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Eric Cope Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:04 PM To: Main

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re:new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bob Elzer
That understates it EXACTLY !!! lol -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Stephen P Rufle Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 3:06 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT:Exchange

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re:new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Fedora has an AD integration project as well. I too am very interested. As for their communications being secret... I can by that, but I don't think people would be apposed to using a different client if that is what offers the best integration with their server. However I am the first to tell

Re: lprng

2009-02-20 Thread Sean Roe
Hi All, Well I got it figured out. Bad version of Samba was the culprit. I upgraded samba and the issue went away. I still like lprng though Thanks, Sean On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Bob Elzer bob.el...@gmail.com wrote: I'd say it is a print configuration on linux side problem. Have

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re:newhotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 15:47 -0700, Bryan O'Neal wrote: $1500 is the cost of the box, the server os, the exchange server, the AD, and set up. The client licenses (aka outlook) run about $40 per user. Since set up can be done off the AD controller (including client program installation) there

Re: OT:Exchange good

2009-02-20 Thread Stephen P Rufle
I think one main thing is Either these things matter to your client or they don't.. If there were a base product or a series of products that just needed assembling to be as good or better then Exchange. I would think a group of people could stitch it all together in a way that would be sellable.

Re: OT:Exchange good

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan ONeal
I will agree with this. On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 19:02 -0700, Stephen P Rufle wrote: I think one main thing is Either these things matter to your client or they don't.. If there were a base product or a series of products that just needed assembling to be as good or better then Exchange. I would

Re: OT:Exchange good

2009-02-20 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 19:02 -0700, Stephen P Rufle wrote: I think one main thing is Either these things matter to your client or they don't.. If there were a base product or a series of products that just needed assembling to be as good or better then Exchange. I would think a group of people

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread JD Austin
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