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Title: Limits on Mail server & MS Exchange comparison
Post by: Simon B. on August 21, 2001, 01:45:44 PM

I am evaluating E-Smith and am specifically interested in the Mail server part of it.

Is there any way to set limits to the Mail server such as
1) Inbox or folder size limits per user,
2) Attachment size limits,
3) Some way of warning a user when these limits are nearly reached.


Also, I am interested to know how E-Smith compares as a mail server to Exchange. I know virtually nothing about MS Exchange. I know E-Smith at least has the Web Mail which is one neat feature. Why do IT departments go for Exchange when only an IMAP server is required? What is the attraction if no one is asking for calender and other functions? Can someone give me a (fair and reasonable) point by point comparision so I can at least be taken seriously for suggesting E-Smith as an alternative.

Regards,
Simon B.

Title: Re: Limits on Mail server & MS Exchange comparison
Post by: Simon B. on August 23, 2001, 12:52:37 PM

OK now I know why MS Exchange is a prefered solution.

It's mainly because your ID is inferred from your windows log-in so is more portable. I guess you could set the Mail client to not remember passwords so each user would have to log from whatever machine they were using. Would this work for outgoing messages too?