Hello John, Tuesday, March 7, 2006, 10:35:37 AM, you wrote:
SJ> Yes, I do do most of these things... SARE, URIBLs, bayes, AWL. No, it SJ> doesn't require much attention. However, it's time to upgrade and THAT is SJ> what is going to take a bunch of my time. We need new hardware (the thing is SJ> running on an old 300MHz workstation class box!) and I need to get the OS SJ> and software all up to date. SJ> If I could, I would simply do it myself. But I've got a half dozen major SJ> projects on my plate in the next few months, too. Our IT department is just SJ> too small; management is willing to throw money at problems, but adding SJ> headcount is nigh-impossible. If management is willing to throw money at problems, and your problem is a need to upgrade the entire email server, not weekly management, then how about hiring a consultant for the week or two needed to upgrade that server and be done with it? Bob Menschel
