[Sunhelp] Netscape Mail Svr on Solaris vs MS Exchange on Inte l

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ds [mailto:ds at primenet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 5:56 PM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Netscape Mail Svr on Solaris vs MS Exchange on
> Intel
> 
> 
> Grab a copy of Netscape Communicator  4.6 or 4.7 and nab a 
> PalmPilot and
> get busy.  If you can get the two working well, then management will
> probably get off the Microsoft bandwagon.  We are currently running a
> Exchange on NT shop and this is something that you won't like 
> if you are
> coming from a Sun/Netscape solution.  *ANYTHING* you do with the
> Exchange/NT server involves rebooting and thus, bringing down 
> everyone's
> mail.  I don't know about you, but for us, that is 4,400 

Now now, it doesn't necessarily mean reboot, but at least restarting the
services.  Even permissions changes require you to restart the Exchange
Directory Service.  Administration of Exchange bites, but if you don't have
to administer it, it's a great groupware server.  

> email accounts
> down.  Please don't mis-understand, Exchange generally does a 
> good job,
> but after using a Sun/Netscape solution, you will find some of the
> Exchange/NT nuances aggravating.

hehe, they're aggravating even if you haven't used a Sun/Netscape solution.
I know, this is all horribly offtopic...
	Greg