Re: Email on the Iseries or not

[Tom Jedrzejewicz <tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/10/05, Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK...now what if I have NO knowledge at all of Linux or
> any of his relatives ???

Then I would NOT do the roll-your-own Linux and open source solution. 
It is certainly the least expensive, and quite likely the cheapest
over time, but only if the company can do the work themselves. 
Day-to-day running is no issue, but how is a problem resolved.

> Is there a "shrink wrap" email server that can be bought
> and installed with very little pain and suffering that
> is Linux based ???

A couple of appliances I found via Google ...
  http://www.mirapoint.com/products/message_server.php
  http://www.intershield.net/
  http://atmail.com/atmail_appliance.php

I have also heard really good things about Communigate (mentioned by
Rob) and Ipswitch.  CommuniGate can be run on the iSeries.
  http://www.stalker.com/content/groupware.htm
  http://www.ipswitch.com/products/collaboration/index.asp

> The major hurdle on this deal, is that I will NOT be
> on site for any problems. The customer is in NYC and I
> need this to be "bullet proof" or "idiot proof" depending
> on your perspective.

The suggestion made by someone else that it be hosted may well be the
best bet here, unless monthly cost is an issue.  There are a gazillion
email hosting services.

> I know there are Windows "solutions" but I want something
> that doesn't require a daily therapeutic IPL to run but
> I'm open to options.

My company (~150 users) just changed from Novell GroupWise to MS
Exchange 2003 earlier this year.  It doesn't requite the "therapeutic
IPL" on a regular basis; but it does need regular care and feeding, on
the order of .25 FTE.  We almost went the hosted route, but the
ownership here is very sensitive to our data being available outside
the company.

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Tom Jedrzejewicz
tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx