Quoting Austad, Jay (austad at marketwatch.com): > > At Real Time, if a customer wants all the features of > > outlook/exchange, we explain the risks of outlook (viruses, > > etc), the risk of exchange (like the difficulty in backing up > > the mondo-inbox-file) and conceed Microsoft's -superior > > integrated- solution. > > This is not really the case anymore. Exchange 2000 will store mail in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ = $$$ > a SQL database if you tell it to, then you just back up the database. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ = $$$ > Don't get me wrong, I still think it sucks, but it's gotten better. Don't get me wrong either :-) most of Real Time's clients are looking for something inexpensive. Exchange 2000 + MS SQL Server (I assume) + client licenses = fairly expensive. Have you found a backup product that "cost effective" for backing up MS SQL? Does it do a hot or cold backup of the database? If the PDC dies and the customer does NOT have a BDC, does Exchange 2000 "screw you" because the SIDs on the new PDC will never match? Can I ramble more in 1 paragraph? -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org, Minnesota, Linux | Fax : (952)943-8500 http://www.tcwug.org, Minnesota, Wireless | Coding isn't a crime. Fingerprint: 02E0 2734 A1A1 DBA1 0E15 623D 0036 7327 93D9 7DA3