Hi David, My first time seeing a UNIX system with my own eyes was visiting a weather station in Banff in 1993. They had meteorology models running to predict the unpredictable weather of the Rockies.
Subsequently though I had the chance of working on Silicon Graphics workstations in 1998 for one summer. We were modelling RNA molecules. In recent years I installed Ubuntu Linux for setting up some server, some such I can't remember why anyway, but I found Ubuntu to be surprisingly clunky compared to my prior experience on UNIX. I suppose what the tech guys are saying is that corporate interests and monopolies made email difficult for us "small concerns". Windows is a good 'client' system? There is only about half the planet using it. I would be happy to chuck it though somehow. PS: I will 'research' exim4. Kind regards, Cordialement, Guy -----Original Message----- From: David Matthews <m...@dmatthews.org.INVALID> Sent: March 14, 2025 4:35 AM To: James Users List <server-user@james.apache.org> Subject: Re: Setting your own Email server, is it a good idea after all? If NO yet you do it; well then James is the best option compared to other not so good options!?!?!! hi Guy I'm very much in favour of small concerns running their own email and maintain https://dmatthews.org/email_server/perfect_email.html In the hope more people will do that. Also to remind myself if I ever need to do it again :-) It's correct to say that very many tech people have thrown in the towel and flock to gmail etc. I sort of half see what these people tend to say, half not see at all and think despite the fiddling you have to do to set up, it should be done anyway. I would NEVER try and run my email on a windows system - or anything else come to that. I've been exclusively using linux for 20+ years. I have to say though if you think you are just going to learn linux and then straight off get a mail system up and running ... well I admire that positivity and optimism :-) -- David Matthews m...@dmatthews.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-h...@james.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-user-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-user-h...@james.apache.org
