Re: Using Linux as a Email server?

From: Robt. Miller (robtmil.killspam_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/16/04


Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 05:15:30 -0600

In article <cb67baea.0401152223.7be948d3@posting.google.com>, Bogdan wrote:
> I am trying to research a possibility of switching my school email
> system from a windows 2000 Exchange server to a Linux servers. As it
> is right now, the network caries about 10,000 email accounts with
> about 20,000 mail exchanges per day. I am wondering if Something like
> Slackware Linux could handle that kind of traffic with a bit more
> reliability, like for example not crashing every other day like Win
> 2000 does. I am some what new to Linux so would appreciate any books
> you might recommend that might deal with high end email systems on
> linux platforms, and any other suggestions. This is a bit of a pet
> project for me, as every one in the IT department worships Bill Gates.
> But if I can build a system for relatively cheep (that's why linux
> came to mined) and run it with more reliability then the current one,
> I could change some peoples opinions.

 Anything Windows can do, Linux can do faster. If they're using shared
calendars and other Exchange features it won't be free to duplicate what
they have.

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