[Cialug] Exchange Replacement Opportunity

[Josh More]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:58 AM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Feb 2014, Josh More wrote:
>
> > I gave up and went with Google.  I hate that I did that, but given how
> much
> > time I was losing to trying to maintain a secure mail server there wasn't
> > much in the way of a practical option.  Were I to do it again, I'd
> probably
> > pick something other than Google, but I'd still go with a cloud solution.
> >
> Wow, .. what a shame! Google is a neat company, .. but WAY to 'Big
> Brother' for my liking!
>

I don't disagree.  I just don't know of anything better now that the
"private" mail services have all shut down or caved in
to the government.


> > Another option is to go with Zimbra or the like and run it through a
> > cloud-based filter like ProofPoint.  Just make sure that you are in a
> > position to charge for your email admin time (which I was not).
> >
> While we do charge for admin time, I would not use any external services.
>

What's wrong with external?  They're often cheaper and work better than
local options *and* protect you from DDOS.


> P.S.  This email would be more fun if you were running
> >
> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cloud-to-butt-plus/apmlngnhgbnjpajelfkmabhkfapgnoai?hl=en
> >
> Sorry, no way no how - I will not use Chrome! Two issues for me -
> unless something has changed recently, there is no way to manage cookies,
> nor any way to block JS.
>
> Google makes their billions on the illeratti, .. I refuse to be counted in
> those numbers, and I cannot counsel anyone that direction either.
>

There's a Firefox option:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cloud-to-butt-plus/?src=cb-dl-created
 ;)

More seriously, I use Firefox for most things, but I use Chrome for
unsecure browsing when I need to see the web the way the rest of the world
does.

-Josh