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| − | a | + | ===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? | ||
Latest revision as of 02:05, 31 December 2010
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?