Well... here's a nice "user story" about qmail... I recently had a client who was getting belted with M$ Exchange upgrade fee's, they also had issues trying to administer Exchange and keep it running (if you've worked with Exchange over the years, you know what I'm talking about, it can be very unstable and somewhat problematic when your running it on a server that is loaded with other *stuff*--it also requires SQL Server!).
They looked into switching, but had issues because they had 2300 mailboxes, and felt that they were really tied into Exchange and couldn't. The upgrade fee's alone I think were gonna run them $6000.00!! Seeing the oportunity, I recommended them purchasing one of our pre-installed mail servers that we sell. This is basically a Debian box with qmail and some customized software (which we wrote). I never told the IT VP it was a Linux based machine, I just told him it was a "mail server appliance"!!! He seemed to not balk when I said that. Heh. The server we sell is also setup with iptables and various other wiz-bang things to make it fairly hardened and functional. Its also loaded with a web based mail client and a web based administration system. This was something that they HAD to have. They balked at first, but I suggested a trial period for them... we moved 500 users over to the machine and had them try it for a month. The whole process took about 3 hours to convert and get the box installed into their network, and most of that time was basically writing custom VB code to export the mailbox and user information over to qmail-speak... It was fairly straightforward. They loved it, and basically cut me a check, and we moved the whole company over to our "Mail Server Appliance".... They haven't looked back. They saved themselves about $4000.00 annually. Not bad. g. -----Original Message----- From: Barry Michels [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 10:13 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mail Server Actually, qmail isn't that hard to setup, and it was quite a learning experience. I love how fast it is. When I get home from work and check my e-mail, 200-300 messages are retreived in just a couple of seconds. The whole reason I bought a second computer was to learn Linux and possibly switch from windows. I'm constantly doing large enterprize installs just to see what's involved and to see if I can get it to work. If I can get something to work at home, then getting it to work on the job is quite a bit easier... Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: "FreeportWeb Debian Support Account" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Barry Michels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 8:57 AM Subject: RE: Mail Server > Well, in that case, I wouldn't even bother using qmail since > its pretty nuch built for lots of users with lots of needs. > Your needs are fairly minimal, why not go to something which > is a basically less configration and installs with an apt-get, > you need a fairly simple MTA? > > scroll back and someone actually pointed out how to stop the relaying > with exim -- I think. > > g. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 6/20/2002 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.372 / Virus Database: 207 - Release Date: 6/20/2002 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
