There are several reasons why I would suggest against replacing an existing *nix mail system with MS Exchange.
-A basic install of Exchange is very heavy; you can't run it without a PDC, which means migration and/or synchronization nightmares with your current system. If you do decide to install it, it will install with it SQL Server, Index Server, as well as other Exchange services not essential to the programs function that take up valuable cpu time.
-Customization is a nightmare if you ever wanted to taylor the web interface for your company. It's all made with CDO which is very hard to program.
-In my 1+ years maintaining an old Exchange system we've encountered numerous problems with the databases becoming corrupted, which can supposedly only be corrected using special MS Exchange utilities to uncorrupt them.
I have more personal reasons against it, but if you really want to try it out, go ahead but don't disable your original system!!
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There are several reasons why I would suggest against replacing an existing *nix mail system with MS Exchange.
-A basic install of Exchange is very heavy; you can't run it without a PDC, which means migration and/or synchronization nightmares with your current system. If you do decide to install it, it will install with it SQL Server, Index Server, as well as other Exchange services not essential to the programs function that take up valuable cpu time.
-Customization is a nightmare if you ever wanted to taylor the web interface for your company. It's all made with CDO which is very hard to program.
-In my 1+ years maintaining an old Exchange system we've encountered numerous problems with the databases becoming corrupted, which can supposedly only be corrected using special MS Exchange utilities to uncorrupt them.
I have more personal reasons against it, but if you really want to try it out, go ahead but don't disable your original system!!