This is just one of those things that's so obvious it's hard to explain to the suits. The answer is "it just is"
Exchange is just NOTORIUS. That's all. Aside from the huge waste of man-hours it takes just to sorta run a MS exchange server, the best you can hope for is a little luck not getting it hacked. And licensing for exchange is certainly not free, though the bean counters have already paid for it so that's a tough sell. However it does seem to require new hardware everytime a new Microsoft OS comes out. Go to http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls And do a search on exchange. Then try the same search on stalker, SIMS, communigate and see what happens. Also see http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=exchange+vulnerability Do you have 6 Middle schools, or 6 Microsoft exchange servers? CGP doesn't take two accounts for web+pop mail. Does Exchange?? I will testify on your behalf though... We put our small middle school on it and we've had ZERO issues. It happily runs on the same servers as our web site and they are both wicked fast. I also run a small ISP, and I've had 1 serious problem in 3 years. I didn't understand the OSX (rhapsody) command line very well, and Stalker connected to the machine and fixed it FOR ME on a Sunday afternoon. I was impressed, and I still am, our Communigate machine cranks out 9,000,000 emails a month and the cpu on it's old beige g3 barely peaks at 10% or so, and usually runs at 1 or 2%. The thing has had zero downtime and hits peaks of 7-800 messages a minute easily without any noticeable lag. On 4/4/02 8:32 AM, Heath mashed the following keys : > I'm the proud new father of yet another network nightmare ;) > > ...and this time the equation has students in it ;))))) huzzzar! > > I have a 6 MS Exchange mail environment, which is about as stable as > a chocolate fire guard! How do I sell/convince the establishment that > using SIMs (or should I go Communigate pro) for email is the answer? > > Biggest issue is license...especially when 3000 students want to pick > up mail via the web and we have to sell them 2 licenses per mailbox > to do so......this might be a good lever > > I'll need staff mail, student mail and web access to both types of mailbox > > ANY ideas welcome > > TIA > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
