RE: Email packages

We are about to cutover to Domino on an iSeries. After comparing the costs
for Exchange and Domino, the prices were rather close. IBM DASD was killing
our Domino price - so we opted for disks from BCC Technologies (who actually
use IBM drives while IBM is shipping Seagate drives...).

Domino on the iSeries may be your most best bet if you want a large, highly
supported platform. You could always go the *NIX route with sendmail as the
smtp daemon, but you would be pretty much limited to pop/imap mail (albeit
at only the cost of hardware). You could get some other freeware for webmail
as well. You could get an iSeries and LPAR it with a Linux and then you
would be assured of stable hardware.

Lotus is doing some great things now. You aren't stuck with the Notes
client. You can use any POP client as well. Also, if you want the full
functionality of your mail file, you can use iNotes Web Access or iNotes for
Outlook.

Check out the following sites:

http://www.lotus.com/products/r5web.nsf/webhome/nr5serverhp-new
Look at the "compare" section. The three links below are from that section.

Domino vs. Exchange:
http://www.lotus.com/developers/itcentral.nsf/F09A97EFEF47030F8525674B005745
90/61883869802CC784852569BB00522F98?OpenDocument

Comparison of Domino R5 and Exchange 2000:
http://www.lotus.com/developers/itcentral.nsf/wdocs/14DF74A9DA35436885256966
004D709C

Domino more cost-effective than Exchange 2000:
http://www.lotus.com/developers/itcentral.nsf/9EB709AC4F03ACC88525675F007832
20/AC0C35D6AD9AB75C852569590068840C?OpenDocument


There is also a Domino400 list from the midrange.com site:
http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/domino400

You may contact me offline if you wish, and I hope some of this helps,

Chris Whisonant
The Comporium Group
Senior Mid-Range Systems Administrator
IBM Certified Specialist
(803) 326-7270
mailto:chris.whisonant@comporium.com