![]() ![]() According to the IMail product Web site, IMail is designed to be so easy to deploy that you can have it up and running in about 20 minutes. Unlike Exchange 2000 Server or even Lotus Notes, IMail is designed to be easy to deploy and manage. But most of the time when price is the main selling point, you end up finding out the hard way that “You get what you pay for.” As it turns out, IMail has several other very compelling selling points besides price. Not so! As you’ll see below, even the evaluation version is full-featured and ready-to-go. Because of the small size, I assumed that some features found in the retail version were probably omitted from the demo. You can download a 30-day evaluation copy of IMail from Ipswitch’s Web site. The chart compares the standard and enterprise versions of Exchange 2000 Server to IMail. ![]() Table A illustrates the differences in costs between IMail and Exchange. Keep in mind that Microsoft doesn’t offer an unlimited Exchange 2000 Server license at any price. A 1,000-user license costs $1,495, and you can purchase an unlimited user license for only $1,995. Prices start at $995 for a copy of IMail with 250 user licenses. Rather than the plethora of options for purchasing Exchange, there are only three purchasing options for IMail. IMail is both less expensive and easier to buy than Exchange 2000 Server. The real cost and complexity are involved in the long-term support and administration of the product. Installing Exchange 2000 can be a complicated process, depending on what other server products exist in your organization. You must also consider the cost of installing and supporting the product. Is your head spinning yet?Īll of the complexity and costs that I’ve described so far are only for purchasing Exchange 2000. These licenses cost $67 a piece, or you can get a copy of Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server complete with 25 Client Access Licenses for about $7,000. While a $700 to $4,000 price range isn’t all that outrageous, each user must have an Exchange 2000 Client Access License. Exchange 2000 Server costs about $700, while the Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server and the Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server each cost about $4,000. In addition to having to figure out which is the appropriate version to use, businesses must also determine if the full version is required, or if they are eligible for an upgrade version, which tends to save quite a bit of money.Īs you might expect, each version of Exchange has its own price, but they’re all expensive. There’s the standard edition of Exchange 2000 Server, Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server, and Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server. There isn’t just one version of Exchange. The initial complication comes into play at the time of purchase. While Exchange is a great product, and a good e-mail platform for medium- to large-size organizations, it’s often a poor choice for smaller businesses. I’ll show you the ins and outs of what IMail has to offer, and explain why IMail may sometimes prove to be a better e-mail server solution than Microsoft Exchange. In this Daily Drill Down, I’ll introduce you to an e-mail server from Ipswitch called IMail. For smaller organizations, Exchange is often too big and too complicated.įortunately, there are alternatives to Exchange. As much as I like Microsoft Exchange, the sad truth is that Exchange isn’t a good e-mail server solution for every environment. I’ve been a Microsoft Exchange veteran since Exchange 4.0. How to make IMail a good Exchange alternative for your organization TechRepublic Tutorial: Use Ipswitch’s IMail e-mail solution instead of Microsoft Exchange ![]()
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