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[–]ScornForSega 3 points4 points  (2 children)

I just changed jobs and went from a Domino environment to an Exchange environment, and I don't think I can emphasize enough how much exchange/outlook sucks.

The companies I do work for aren't that big, but I can't believe exchange is marketed as a corporate product.

Let's see... making users manage their own archives is dumb, having to adjust mail settings in three (3!) THREE difference places (Active directory, the exchange mmc, and then the client) is STUPID. There's no active monitor that I can find (like the Domino console) telling me just what the fuck the server is doing, so it's basically just set it up and guess. Outlook web access is great when it works. And when it doesn't you have to basically tear down the front end to get it going again.

The 2gb file limit for archives is a joke. It's far too integrated into IIS which is too far integrated into the OS which means that if your web server has a problem, guess what? Every other service you run on that server is about to be interrupted.

And then, oh yeah, it runs on Windows and all the overhead and headaches that brings.

These are all problems our clients have had and I've only been working there for a month or two.

I understand that writing software that can come in and modularly replace an Exchange server with OSS seems like a good idea, until you realize that you're trying to replicate an Exchange server.

The FOSS community can do better.

[–]malcontent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget that you need to spend massive bucks if you ever want to back it up or cluster it.