Yep ! I agree with you. But I also agree with what Jeroen says. People want different things. And this is not going to stop.
As for exchange, I have to admin that most of the times microsoft do get their facts straight and develop wonderfull products. Let's face it people; Exchange _is_ a good solid piece of software that does it's job and then some. But Jeroen is right too ! There are installation where Exchange is overkill. Indeed there are such installations. Small ones. Problems arise when someone wants from a small installation things and features that big products do for big installations. Just me 2c, s. --- On Wed, 26/11/08, Hill, Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Hill, Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Assp-user] puzzling issue with assp v1.2.6 > To: "Questions and Answers for users of ASSP Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy" > <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 26 November, 2008, 3:39 PM > Jeroen van Aart wrote: > > I wouldn't do that if I were you. I believe you > think of > > calender functionality. This is not part of the smtp > > protocol, but just a microsoft addition to exchange. > You can > > accomplish calenders in many other ways. Such as > plugins on > > the client, confluence's calender plugin, google > apps and a > > number of other online tools etc. You could also > install a > > dummy exchange server just for that calender nonsense. > Anyways, there > is no > > good reason to use exchange, also besides the initial > $8000 > > or so you need to pay a license fee per account. > > Coming from an Exchange Admin, Yes, it is a somewhat large > startup cost, > but I wholeheartedly disagree with you. In the corporate > world, CIO's > and IT managers want everything as simple as possible for > the end users. > Mishmashing different technologies is IMHO not a > "simple" solution for > the end user (or the people that have to administrate it). > Exchange is > a very powerful tool for small/medium/and large > organizations. Is it > cloud computing? Not yet (or maybe it is)! But it > certainly brings a > lot of important capabilities together in one convenient > place. Is it > right for every business? There are alternatives, but I > wouldn't hack > it just because it has a startup fee. It is a very > reliable > collaborative system (given a somewhat intelligent > administrator). > > Web-based email is convenient for people working from home > or on the > road (with casual use), but I wouldn't wish it on > anyone that has to > constantly use it all day (for obvious reasons). > That's what Email > clients are for. And if you're going to have an email > client, why not > have collaboration tools built into it? > > > (what happened with good old paper agendas?) > > My friend, we've moved into the future where paper > agendas are old > school. > > > If they want more then provide it through different > means and > > protocols, don't bastardise smtp. What's next, > streaming > > video through smtp? Games? > > Negative Nelly! Sounds like you had too much coffee this > morning and > are just looking for an excuse to bash the future of SMTP > (which is for > streaming video and playing games over its protocol...Ohh, > come on!). > Since when has SMTP been "bastardised"? It's > really easy how it works. > One server opens up a channel to another server, transfers > some data and > then disconnects. Wow that was hard! SMTP is SMTP (simple > mail > transfer protocol) which, by the way, doesn't have a > rfc banning > attachments. > > > Just keep it plain and simple in this regard. SMTP is > > difficult enough as it is. > > Are you just mad people want to send any and everything > over smtp? > Either set your own company policies banning it or get used > to it. It's > only going to get worse. > > Kind Regards, > Brett > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move > Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK > & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Assp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
