I thought the exact same thing. Spend the money on the hardware instead of the software. You might lose some features, but you might gain in the long run.
William -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jorge Herrera Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:24 PM To: Exchange Discussions I know this may be a bad forum for this, but since your box is so outdated and you have a very limited budget, have you thought of using Linux and sendmail/qmail/postfix etc for email and squirrelmail/imp/ etc for webmail? This would allow you to use your current hardware with no expense other than your time and (maybe) a slight learning curve. -Jorge Herrera A turn-key solution that you can evaluate would be SME Server http://www.e-smith.org/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Erick Thompson Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:15 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Server capacity I know it is well beyond end-of-life, but given our financial constraints, is it useable? I don't have the resources to do a proper stress test to see how response times would be under a ~30-50 user load. If it takes 45 seconds for a user to open their inbox, then I will have a good reason to say that we need something with more muscle. I haven't set up an Exchange server before, so I don't know what kind of load it puts on systems. Erick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: RE: Server capacity > Even if it was, that machine is well beyond end-of-life. > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I > Tech Consultant > hp Services > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Martin > Blackstone > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:05 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Server capacity > > > I don't think E2k or even W2K is recommended on a Ppro system. > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
