Microsoft blacklisted my Google account earlier in the year... On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 9:39 AM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote:
> I feel like the #1 advantage of hosting with Google or Microsoft is nobody > dares blacklist them. > > > > Mike, weren’t you a Zimbra advocate at one time? Seems like that’s what > all the cool kids were using, was that just its 15 minutes of fame? > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Friday, September 13, 2024 8:18 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Email Servers > > > > While two of my organizations are on 365, they aren't without their own > perils. I actually have less issues with my on-prem solution than the cloud > ones. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Josh Baird" <joshba...@gmail.com> > *To: *"AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Thursday, September 12, 2024 7:14:28 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Email Servers > > SmarterMail is fine -- used to be only Windows (we run it on Windows), but > now looks like they have a Linux distribution. > > > > But, if you ask me, y'all are crazy for running your own email > server(s) anyways. Host your corporate email at Google/O365/whatever > floats your boat, and politely tell your customers to get their email > elsewhere. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Josh > > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 6:06 PM Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > When I was looking, some people suggested SmarterMail, but I didn't do a > trial. Maybe someone here is familiar with it. > > If you want just a barebones SMTP/IMAP/POP3/webmail server you may want to > roll your own like the old days. Postfix, Dovecot, Roundcube, > SpamAssassin, ClamAV, MariaDB. > > Or believe it or not, there is a fork of the old Sun Cobalt software (now > open source) still around and actively supported. Although it doesn't > sound like you want to do web hosting, DNS, FTP, etc. on the same box. > https://www.blueonyx.it/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Nate Burke > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2024 4:24 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > Subject: [AFMUG] Email Servers > > I've been using Merak/Icewarp email server for a long long time. Like > 20+ years, it's just worked, and worked, and worked. The software has > been slowly migrating into becoming an MS exchange replacement with > Groupware/files/cloud, and has made just a simple SMTP/IMAP/POP3/webmail > server very difficult and expensive. > > I know that moving systems is bothersome, especially with users who might > need to be 'touched' to update settings. But I think it's time to start > looking at other options. > > Has anyone had to do this recently. What system did you migrate to/from? > I have a couple hundred users spread across about 50 domains. > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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