Yea this is why I don't consult. Never actually was told what they currently have for a firewall, just that it was a bit iffy. I was going to recommend a Sonicwall so they could have VPN as well.
I also think they would like to offload some of the support. Thanks for your suggestions. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Scharff Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:35 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Hosted Exchange services Hmmm... no idea what kind of upgraded firewall they might need to make Exchange accessible from the outside since you don't mention what they use now or what requirements it doesn't meet on a go forward basis. An entry level barracuda box is like $1200. Postini4Less is a couple of bucks per mailbox per month. Not that those can't be valid reasons, but so far there's insufficient data for me to conclude that. If I were going to have my Exchange services hosted, I'd use Blue Ridge Internetworks or SunGard myself. Local doesn't make up for extremely capable or massively redundant IMO. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bounce- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Weid > Posted At: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 4:23 PM > Posted To: swynk > Conversation: Hosted Exchange services > Subject: RE: Hosted Exchange services > > The additional cost of a proper spam server/smtp gateway server and an > upgraded firewall makes it cost prohibitive. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chris > Scharff > Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:20 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Hosted Exchange services > > Since they have an SBS server... which includes Exchange, why are they > switching to a hosted Exchange provider instead of simply using the > Exchange instance they have properly? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bounce- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MSX dude > > Posted At: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 3:47 PM > > Posted To: swynk > > Conversation: Hosted Exchange services > > Subject: Hosted Exchange services > > > > I have a friend that has a local business with 9 employees with plans > > to expand to 11 or so in the next year. She currently has SBS 2003 > and > > uses the calendaring there and a separate hosted POP3 setup for > > external email. Not working for her anymore. > > > > She would like to go to a hosted exchange solution so she would have > > external and internal email addresses be the same and be able to use > > the calendaring. > > > > Does anyone know of any good sites especially in the Phoenix area? _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
