William ChopsWestfield wrote:

>> It shouldn't be difficult to set up your own SMTP server on
>> either Linux or Win2k+.
> 
> Heh.  In a work environment where you MUST use outlook, it is probably
> seriously against other policies to set up your own SMTP server.

That was a tip for Xiaofan's home computer, where his cable company seems
to make normal email difficult.

> We've been undergoing a migration to Exchange based email at work as
> well, although IT has been flamed to toast for years prior that they
> need to support clients other than outlook as well.  They're not doing
> such a great job, though, and the hue and cry from the older, more
> experienced curmudgeons has been long, loud, and probably as disruptive
> to real work as several viruses.

I used to work under an Exchange server environment. If you use it only as
email server, it didn't seem to be much of a problem to open up IMAP/SMTP
access. But if you use it for more than that, I guess you have to use
Outlook as client. 

Gerhard

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