On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 15:15 +0000, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > Good evening from Singapore, > > I am torn between deploying Microsoft Exchange 2016 and Linux-based > SMTP servers like sendmail, postfix, qmail and exim. > > Relative ease of installation and configuration is an important > consideration factor. > > [snip] For my size of shop (about 100 users), linux works fine. I don't know what the answer is for huge shops that have to have distibuted systems -- I've heard that's a lot more complicated, but have never done it. As far as ease goes, it's like everything else. If you are used to it and comfortable with something, then it's "easier" and the learning curve for doing something else makes it harder. I have been setting up linux mail and web servers for years, and it's a piece of cake for me. I set up an Exchange server last year, and I was ready to kill myself after a few hours. I have little doubt that someone who has years of experience with Exchange servers and little experience with linux would feel just the opposite. It's like the old Windows/Linux conversation. When people say "Linux is hard" what they really mean is just "I'm used to Windows and Linux isn't like Windows." I used to maintain some Windows boxes back when it was Windows 3.1, and up until the introduction of Windows 7, and sort of kept up with it. I sat down at a Windows 10 box the other day and was all confused. It was "hard" because it wasn't what I was used to, and I didn't care to put in the effort to become competent again. So, the real answer is that there's no such thing as a free lunch. There are tools to ease the hassles of setting up a linux mail server, but really, there are so many tutorials on it out there that doing it by hand isn't all that hard -- if you just do it. I'm sure the same thing is true with Exchange. The real question for me, if I had to do it all over again, is if my company isn't freaking huge, why host it myself anyway? I'd be tempted to use one of the many large email services and let them worry about security, etc. And, you know... "Cloud" is the thing nowadays. Why not? If the answer to "why not" is because you want hands on control, and you want absolute control over logs and backups and security, then that would point to linux. You can get in there and fiddle with all the knobs and turn all the nuts on all the bolts. If it was me, I'd see what my users needs were. If they are all die- hard Outlook and Microsoft365 users, then I'd go with Exchange. I've never integrated linux mail servers with Outlook and Microsoft365, but it just doesn't sound like fun. If the users are not Outlook people, then I'd cobble together a linux system - because I prefer a stick shift to an automatic transmission. billo _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/K54TX3EZFAY5PNUJTSNDVHLCEDHJ25Y2/
