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Hi All,<\/p>\n
Its that time again, I need some advice. I have been instructed by ‘Upper management’ To research and possibly host our own E-mail.<\/p>\n
We are currently using POP mail as we got 500 Mail adresses from our domain / Website host. I have to change that so that we host our own E-mail as the people who host our current mail are offline alot, the service is really bad too, We are experiencing too much E-mail down time.<\/p>\n
At the same time I will have to do the hosting on exchange instead of pop.<\/p>\n
So, My Questions are:<\/p>\n
How complicated is it?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
What is needed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
How long would this take<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Is this a better choice? (exchange and hosting your own E-mails)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
How much maintenance does this need?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I really appreciate any / all input on this. Not sure if I missed any questions?<\/p>","upvoteCount":3,"answerCount":8,"datePublished":"2011-11-16T03:02:23.000Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dietrichkeller9705","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/dietrichkeller9705"},"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"
did a bit of browsing and I found the solution, I will need:<\/p>\n
One Exchange Server (Exchange Server 2003)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Two Public IP Addresses (Contact ISP)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Registered Domain Name (www.register.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n to change /set up the MX record with ISP.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Thanks for your input on this PsyWulf!!<\/p>\n http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-239582<\/a><\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-11-16T05:36:41.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/hosting-exchange/112471/6","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dietrichkeller9705","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/dietrichkeller9705"}},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":" Hi All,<\/p>\n Its that time again, I need some advice. I have been instructed by ‘Upper management’ To research and possibly host our own E-mail.<\/p>\n We are currently using POP mail as we got 500 Mail adresses from our domain / Website host. I have to change that so that we host our own E-mail as the people who host our current mail are offline alot, the service is really bad too, We are experiencing too much E-mail down time.<\/p>\n At the same time I will have to do the hosting on exchange instead of pop.<\/p>\n So, My Questions are:<\/p>\n How complicated is it?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n What is needed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n How long would this take<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Is this a better choice? (exchange and hosting your own E-mails)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n How much maintenance does this need?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n I really appreciate any / all input on this. Not sure if I missed any questions?<\/p>","upvoteCount":3,"datePublished":"2011-11-16T03:02:23.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/hosting-exchange/112471/1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dietrichkeller9705","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/dietrichkeller9705"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":" Phew 500,thats quite a few mailboxes!<\/p>\n Is Exchange a definite requirement or only some of the stuff it provides like Calendar syncing?<\/p>\n What kind of domain are you currently running?<\/p>\n What servers have you got?<\/p>\n Have you got spare storage and processing resources to use?<\/p>\n Hows your internet connectivity upstream and downstream?<\/p>\n How many mobile users/sites/on premises people do you have?<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-11-16T03:51:22.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/hosting-exchange/112471/2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"divide-and-realign","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/divide-and-realign"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":" Well we are not using all 500 mailboxes, we are using 50 - 70 of them.<\/p>\n Intenally we are running a local domain (company)?<\/p>\n Yes alot of spare storage and recources.<\/p>\n intenernet is good, most of the time. average 4meg line<\/p>\n Mobile users about 10, people in total about 70.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-11-16T04:29:40.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/hosting-exchange/112471/3","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dietrichkeller9705","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/dietrichkeller9705"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":" NT/2003/2008/2008R2 domain?<\/p>\n Why do you need to run exchange locally specifically? Or is hosted/mirrored exchange/imap fine?<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-11-16T05:01:14.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/hosting-exchange/112471/4","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"divide-and-realign","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/divide-and-realign"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":" 2008 R2, local domain. created our own domain.<\/p>\n I was told to figure out how to host our own mails and preferebly exchange.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2011-11-16T05:13:28.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/hosting-exchange/112471/5","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"dietrichkeller9705","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/dietrichkeller9705"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":" Redeemer wrote:<\/p>\n did a bit of browsing and I found the solution, I will need:<\/p>\n One Exchange Server (Exchange Server 2003)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Two Public IP Addresses (Contact ISP)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Registered Domain Name (www.register.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n to change /set up the MX record with ISP.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Thanks for your input on this PsyWulf!!<\/p>\n\n
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