Hmm interesting ....

[Bill Campbell]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2007, David Bandel wrote:
>On 3/23/07, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 3/23/07, Ben Duncan <bns at meta3.net> wrote:
>> > I thought so, right Michael M ?
>> >
>> > http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=343
>> >
>>
>> I hope the report is on target. Couldn't think of a nicer product to
>> see replaced.
>
>Biggest problem with Exchange is that some moron decided the Access
>database format would be good enough.  Of course, try recovering a
>several Gb access db when it gets hosed (note I didn't say if)...

I think the Exchange administration documentation from M$ says ``when the
data is corrupted'', not ``if'' as well.

The e-mail side of this is easy.  We use postfix, courier-imap, and server
side filtering and mail routing that I've written in some fairly large e-
mail installations.  We do recommend users using IMAP, and leaving the mail
on the server as it allows them more flexibility, access from a variety of
desktops, webmail, and managed backups.

The standard Maildir stores are very robust, easily accessible using
standard *nix tools, and work nicely in clustered environments at there are
no locking issues.

Bill
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