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===Reasons to keep our email server===
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technical reasons why our server is better
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*Tried gmail: sucked for client users
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**IMAP is very slow
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*Security/encryption
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**We have end-to-end SSL
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*IP issues
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*Large message size 100MB vs. 25MB gmail
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*Higher availability
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*Easier to add users
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**Collaborators from institutions with more restrictive systems
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*Trivial to add aliases (newegg, request, etc.)
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*Server log mailing
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*Support for Pine
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*We control the size of inboxes and can scale hardware
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===Reasons not to switch===
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administrative reasons why ours is better
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*Hardware and admin setup is a sunk cost
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*We can switch to gmail at any time, no reason to hurry
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*Users who prefer gmail can simply use campus accounts
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*Forwarding from isu addresses is supported
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*LDAP and user authentication is already needed for numerous other projects
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*First email, and then what? Web servers? File servers?

Revision as of 02:23, 10 October 2009

Reasons to keep our email server

technical reasons why our server is better

  • Tried gmail: sucked for client users
    • IMAP is very slow
  • Security/encryption
    • We have end-to-end SSL
  • IP issues
  • Large message size 100MB vs. 25MB gmail
  • Higher availability
  • Easier to add users
    • Collaborators from institutions with more restrictive systems
  • Trivial to add aliases (newegg, request, etc.)
  • Server log mailing
  • Support for Pine
  • We control the size of inboxes and can scale hardware

Reasons not to switch

administrative reasons why ours is better

  • Hardware and admin setup is a sunk cost
  • We can switch to gmail at any time, no reason to hurry
  • Users who prefer gmail can simply use campus accounts
  • Forwarding from isu addresses is supported
  • LDAP and user authentication is already needed for numerous other projects
  • First email, and then what? Web servers? File servers?