From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 21 00:45:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B369F16A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:45:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net (pimout3-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58EE743D1F for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:45:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duo@digitalarcadia.net) Received: from digitalarcadia.net (adsl-68-251-139-244.dsl.covlil.ameritech.net [68.251.139.244]) j2L0jnOW223452; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:45:50 -0500 Received: by digitalarcadia.net (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8FE2619FF74; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:51:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by digitalarcadia.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7348C19FF6F; Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:51:44 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 18:51:44 -0600 (CST) From: Duo X-X-Sender: duo@valkyrie.local To: Ted Mittelstaedt In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: MS Exchange server on FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:45:55 -0000 On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > Actually I don't agree with that statement Duo. Every new version of > Exchange has gotten bigger, fatter, more complex, slower, and harder > and harder to troubleshoot when there is a problem. Sure there are > more features, but the price is the black box has gotten so large that > you cannot fix anything in it anymore. yes, that was exactly my point, I was agreeing. Embrace and Extend, as a policy has worked for Microsoft, by embracing a standard, extending it in a proprietary manner, hooking people in, and then trapping them in a system. >> >> I prefer to take the choice out of the users hands. MDaemon >> virus scans >> mail as it comes in. Users never get a chance to possibly infect >> their system. >> > > Today it is completely irresponsible to set up a corporate mailsystem > that lacks mandatory virus scanning. > Indeed, again, I agree. This is why my mailserver scans, as well as the desktop. I think you may have misunderstood my Point of view on this Ted. =) -- Duo Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger at system administration. --Philip Greenspun