> Exchange is a festering heap of fertilliser. There is no way to move > all the existing mail from ES to any other mailserver other than > forwarding all email manually. IBM / Lotus notes have an exchange connector. Lotus notes is also an excellent mail server, runs on Linux, is secure and costs less to administer while offering all the functionality of an exchnge server. I believe that Ximians email product connects to an exchange server. Once you have it in a linux format there whould be an answer to go nowards from there.
> Users will loose all the calendaring/schedualling/addressbook components > of exchange server too, when you change to something else. Once again look at Lotus Notes. Also Ximian allows not only server based shared calandering etc but also peer to peer shared calandering. Lotus does all that and security, scheduling, shared address books, real time servers, room booking functionality etc right out of the box. It also does mobile clients, web clients and the ability to encrypt everything right out of the box. If that is all you want then get the Lotus Notes Mail server Option. It is so good the US Navy, CIA, and 55 million other users use it. Lotus runs on Linux, mac, i386, PC, RS6000, As400, Unix AIx ..... need I say more? HTH Shane (Lotus) Notes Unlimited New Zelaand
