[4/2/2004 7:53 AM] Kevin M. Barrett :
> all the "eggs in one basket" ie: all of the mail is in a database. But I
> can not address the worthiness of Exchange as an SMTP server, let's not go
> down the whole path of not putting any MS product on the Internet argument,
> I agree. but let's assume that this is a safe install...
Exchange is an excellent groupware tool. It is not an excellent mailserver.
There is no reason not to run exchange in an office lan, as long as the
exchange server is frontended by exim / postfix etc which scans for
viruses / spam, prevents open relaying of the exchange box etc.
srs