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849764 2010-01-18 19:09:00 Hi, does anyone here have any knowledge on how good/bad this product is. We are thinking about upgrading our email server and one of our staff has used this product at a different site. Also Lotus notes also does document control which i am keen at looking at.
If it is recommended i might look at getting a trial, or not if it is overwhelmingly disliked
TIA
Gobe1 (6290)
849765 2010-01-18 19:45:00 When I was on helpdesk back in London, Lotus Notes was the bomb!, change control etc on notes DB's etc, process control, fantastic. I had a mate who did Lotus notes engineering, he got mega bucks for support. Its not easy stuff though....on a side note, the e-mail client may give you grief with add-in and pictures...but its been over 8 yrs for me now... SolMiester (139)
849766 2010-01-18 19:51:00 So as an admin would i need specific training to use this product? Also the email would need to be bullet proof, we have been through three isp's and now have our own email server but still get email issues i.e. lost emails Gobe1 (6290)
849767 2010-01-18 20:25:00 There is a reason people get paid heaps to admin a Notes installation.
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it :)

If you just want a mail server that does what it says on the tin, try Mercury (www.pmail.com).

If you are losing mail while running your own server, then YOU are doing it wrong...
fred_fish (15241)
849768 2010-01-18 20:38:00 Thanks Fred, yeah Notes might be over the top but i did like the document control feature. Our setup is pretty simple with 50 users and i have average pc knowledge.
I will check out Mercury.
Cheers
Gobe1 (6290)
849769 2010-01-19 02:19:00 Hey mate, average wont cut it with notes SolMiester (139)
849770 2010-01-19 19:05:00 Cheers Sol and Fred. I have left it to our Computer supplier to come up with a better option that is easier to administer. Gobe1 (6290)
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