[kwlug disc.] OT: smarthost mail providers

[Paul Nijjar]

--- On Tue, 4/1/08, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> I am wondering if people in this situation would benefit
> from using Google to host their email.
> 

> They host your domain's email for free, and your staff can use Gmail
> via the web, or use a POP/IMAP client. You (the sysadmin) do not
> have to worry about SMTP or host any service on hardware or
> software.

That is an interesting idea. In our case I inherited some proprietary
lock-in, however: we use our Exchange server internally for things
like public folders and resource booking, and people are already used
to using Outlook Web Access to check their mail externally. It might
be possible to make such a switch to Google, but then we would run
into the usual bugaboo that hinders software diversity: retraining. 

- Paul



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