Mail Server / Exchange Server

[Christian Costa]

I'm currently using iRedmail. It's easy to set up and opensource. 
http://www.iredmail.org. It's sort of plug and play and you will get 
lots of functionality out of the box.

On 12/04/2011 12:10, Patton Echols wrote:
> Greetings all:
>
> My 'buntu usage has been limited to my desktop and intranet / backup 
> servers.  My questions concerns the real time difficulty of 
> maintaining a mail server for a small organization.
>
> First, once up and running, is the routine maintenance of a mail 
> server particularly difficult or time consuming?
>
> Second, <noob mode=elevated> The organization's current service limits 
> the number of emails per day.  The service says "everyone does it that 
> way"  If hosting ones own service, isn't it just a function of bandwidth?
>
> Third, If my mail server is a virtual server in a data center 
> somewhere, and serve mail out of it, does my server deliver mail 
> through some other provider's server?  Or direct to recipients?  If 
> the answer is "either" how does one decide?
>
> Finally, the organization's mail is currently hosted on a  exchange 
> server, but I am told that it is really only being used for mail.  
> Does anyone know what else an exchange server can do that is useful? 
> and or is there a particularly "fine manual" that I should read?
> </noob>
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> --PE
>
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