Jerry Raia
07-19-2007, 01:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/07/hosted-exchange.html' target='_blank'>http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/07/hosted-exchange.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Thanks to an e-mail question from TaxMan, I wanted to give a little "Hosted Exchange 101" for a few reasons. First off TaxMan wanted to know what's the real benefit of this e-mail solution and who it's for. Secondly, the lack of native Exchange support is one of the few reasons I held off on an iPhone purchase and this gives me an opportunity to re evaluate my needs. My intention here isn't to provide an in-depth, technical overview of a hosted Exchange approach, but I'd like to give a quick high-level overview that might help readers understand if this choice is needed and viable for them."</i><br /><br />I have been in both places on this one. I ran my own Exchange server and now use a hosted service. The main reason I stopped running my own is I didn't have the time to keep up with all the security issues. Ranging from free to $20-$30/month you can have your own Exchange service. With Push Email (and HTML email on WM6), I think it is well worth looking into.