Re: Domino on the IBM i

["Larry \"DrFranken\" Bolhuis" <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course I have 'assumed' here that your new Power System will be 
configured to allow a Linux partition to run COMMUNIGATE in!
	- L

On 11/9/2021 9:52 AM, Åke Olsson wrote:
> Thanks a lot Larry!!
> I went to their website for the product and it does seem like a good
> alternative.
> Was slightly confused when I could find install instructions for "AS400" but
> I would assume that this would work for modern Power servers too.
>
> And - as someone correctly assumed: There are a bunch of reasons to move
> mail platform:
>
> - It is currently running on an old server that is on 7.1 and where the
> hardware is just barely supportable.
> - They are not using any Domino functions except email and sometimes
> calendar.
> - It is nearly impossible to find any decent support for domino.
>
>
>
> > > from: "Larry \"DrFranken\" Bolhuis" <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > If you re looking for mail, just mail, and only mail. With a dash of
> > > calendar then a 'consider' is Communigate. It used to run on IBM i when
> > > it was known as Stalker but today runs fabulously on any Linux on POWER. >
> > > We run it on CENTOS, on POWER8. It can handle fabulous amounts of mail
> > > very efficiently. It has an HTML5 web interface for times when you are
> > > away from your desktop. It supports POP, IMAP, etc. It has strong
> > > logging capability. Unlike Domino it runs in a single executable.
> > > Starting it up takes under 1 second, and it was that way when it ran on
> > > IBM i as well.
> > > For migration it has a very neat perl solution that migrates mail
> > > automatically from any server on the fly while it's running. We've used
> > > that to move thousands of mail users on to Communigate.
> > > Not saying it's a better solution than Domino but it's cost effective,
> > > scalable, fast, runs on POWER. If you don't like Domino but want your
> > > mail on prem, it's worth a look.