Re: Domino on the IBM i

[Åke Olsson <konsult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.