Clavis_Apocalypticae
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12/5/2006 at 18:29  |
I have a client who is interested in running her own email server for her stupid interior design company. I've already got a webserver up and running for her using WAMP, so the hardware is already in place. I know that typically email and web should run on separate hardware, but the point isn't even worth debating with this woman. She needs something powerful, scalable, and FREE. I've tried to steer her away from free, but she's old and dumb and mean. I'm tired of arguing with her.
Any suggestions (short of cutting her head off and grudgefuking her trachea)?
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vasudeva
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12/5/2006 at 18:40 |
If it's at all possible, gmail for domains. Their hardware, their bandwidth, their interface, their spam solution. There's a beta you can get into that eventually they may charge for and they may not.
If she demands local administration, then god save your soul, find out whatever shitty yesteryear free mailserver packages[1] there are for Windows, set it up, then back away quickly and demand that she never expect you to support it.
[1] I see that postfix under Cygwin seems to be an option. I my own personal self wouldn't touch that with a ten-foot pole, but it may be the best of a bad lot.[2]
[2] It's entirely possible that I'm completely wrong and there's some sweet sane free Windows mailserver package... but I'm not holding my breath.
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freakmachine
Web Fucko Extraordinaire  SSHOLEPosts: 585 Registered: 4/15/2004 Offline
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12/5/2006 at 19:04 |
Interior designers prefer hotmail. |
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freakmachine
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12/5/2006 at 19:17 |
For laughs, "accidentally" call her a "Decorator" as opposed to an "Interior Designer" the next time you talk to her. They seem to hate that. |
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vasudeva
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12/6/2006 at 00:39 |
So what's the deal, Cpl. Fucknuts? Does she insist on local administration? I'm sort of morbidly curious to see what Windows-world free mailservers exist.
I'm hoping for your sake it's not something like "Windows? Free? Good? Pick any two of these."
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jwalker
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12/6/2006 at 03:25 |
A company I used to work for used Pegasus email. That was back in the DOS days, so I don't know if they're still around. But the nice thing about that software is 1. it was free and 2. it kept its emails in text format, so anyone in IT could just go through and read everybody's email :)
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SexNinja
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12/6/2006 at 04:18 |
jwalker: A company I used to work for used Pegasus email. That was back in the DOS days, so I don't know if they're still around. But the nice thing about that software is 1. it was free and 2. it kept its emails in text format, so anyone in IT could just go through and read everybody's email :)
lol :pegasus crossing:
My school used that up until about two years ago. They're now on a shitty web interface-only email system. The faculty still retain use of Pegasus though. From what I remember it was terrible but it was better than what they're using now.
Maybe his client will like the lil' horsey flapping its wings in the taskbar ^_^
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Clavis_Apocalypticae
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12/6/2006 at 15:09 |
vasudeva: So what's the deal, Cpl. Fucknuts? Does she insist on local administration? I'm sort of morbidly curious to see what Windows-world free mailservers exist.
I'm hoping for your sake it's not something like "Windows? Free? Good? Pick any two of these."
Being the control-freak she is, naturally she wants local administration. I'm envisioning frantic calls at 3AM, demanding that I come fix her borked server, only to find she was getting bounces on outgoing mail sent to the wrong addresses :<
FM: I accidentally referred to her as a "Decorator" once.
ONCE.
Surgemail looks compelling enough, but it's only free with 5 or fewer accounts; and it's only a barebones system. Anti-virus, anti-spam, aliases all extrey.
I'd just tell her to go fuk self and let her use one of my competitors, but she's on an annual contract.
I'm experimenting with Google Mail for Domains right now with my own domain. If I can achieve something resembling favorable results, I may just go with that and tell her it's the best I can do. Of course then, she'll impugn my manhood for not having the wherewithal to write one from scratch :<
Also, I'll have a look at Pegasus.
Thanks dudes.
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ragoo
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12/6/2006 at 18:04 |
Clavis: check this out. |
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