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  • 26-09-2005 3:30pm
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    WhatsGoingOn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 334 ✭✭


    Is there any big advantage for a company (of about 20 employees) to use their own mail exchange server as opposed to the normal POP3 accounts that come with a hosting package?


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    leftofcentre
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭leftofcentre


    Nope, no advantage. The rule with IT is keep it simple, if it is not broke don't fix it.

    Stick with your pop accounts.


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    steve-hosting36
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭steve-hosting36


    Unless you want to use the shared address books, calendaring and task functionality of something like Exchange, pop3/imap is excellent. That said, even if you want Exchange, talk to your hosting company, it's always better to do email in a hosted environment, unless you are a large company with an in-house data centre and staff.


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    mneylon
    Registered Users Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭mneylon


    It depends on what the company does.
    If there is a lot of email between staff members and you want to send and receive very large attachments then an inhouse mail server may make sense. There are plenty of other solutions apart from exchange though ...

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    #5
    WhatsGoingOn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 334 ✭✭WhatsGoingOn


    OK, thanks for the replies


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