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We have been running MS Exchange Server at the Scottish Museums Council since last May and it has both good and bad points.
The program looks very complex because it is loaded with features that are designed for large corporate users with more than one site to manage. If you do not have to cope with hundreds of users spread over multiple sites the admin tasks are quite easy to manage.
If you are using MS Outlook as a mail / calendar / diary solution running Exchange will enable a range of work group features that can be useful.
However, MS Exchange is happiest running on its' own dedicated machine, sharing with other applications can cause problems. Also to link up with an external e-mail provider you need an SMTP feed, there are plenty of software solutions that offer a hook up between Exchange and a POP 3 account but they do not enjoy a very good reputation.
On balance we have had Exchange for a while now and it has not given any problems.
Hope this helps.
Peter Cheer
Peter Cheer
Information Technology Officer
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