If you find setting up a linux based smtp server "extremely difficult", then you have probably answered your own question already. Stick to what you know. hth -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming" <turritopsis.dohrnii at teo-en-ming.com> > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Wednesday, 18 July, 2018 16:04:52 > Subject: [CentOS] Which is better? Microsoft Exchange 2016 or Linux-based SMTP Servers? > Good evening from Singapore, > > I am torn between deploying Microsoft Exchange 2016 and Linux-based > SMTP servers like sendmail, postfix, qmail and exim. > > Relative ease of installation and configuration is an important > consideration factor. > > Microsoft Exchange 2016, Domain Controller, and Active Directory are > relatively easy to install and configure. Linux-based SMTP servers are > extremely difficult to install and configure and of course, extremely > time-consuming. > > One of the features of Microsoft Exchange 2016 is that you can create > additional folders on your Inbox in the server (server-side). Can > Linux-based SMTP servers do that? > > Does Exchange 2016 offer more user-friendly features or Linux-based > SMTP servers? > > Besides the above considerations, how about security? Traditionally, > Linux is far more secure than Windows. > > Judging by security, Linux-based SMTP servers ought to have a higher percentage > of the market share? > > Finally, I can only use Windows Server 2016 Standard Evaluation Copy FREE for a > period of 3 years MAXIMUM. But I can use Linux servers and Mail Transport > Agents (MTA) FREE perpetually. > > Please advise. > > Thank you very much. > > > > ===BEGIN SIGNATURE=== > > Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming's Academic Qualifications as at 30 Oct 2017 > > [1] https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/ > > <https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/> [2] http://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/ > > <http://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/> [3] > https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming > > <https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming> ===END SIGNATURE=== > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos