Existing mail

The last parameter is the type of the existing mail system. The principal platforms available in the electronic messaging market today are:

  • Microsoft® Exchange Server
  • IBM® Lotus Notes
  • Open source (ex: Round Cube, Squirrel Mail…)

Each platform can be hosted in two modes:

  • Within the company, the hosting is said to be "on-premise"
  • By a service provider, the hosting is said to be "hosted"

Both the mail platform and the hosting mode will dictate what tools should be used (see Chapter 14, Performing the Migration on that topic) and, all the more, the appropriate operating mode. In some cases, depending on the version and the existing configuration, it may be necessary to develop ad hoc software solutions, hence the importance of the experimentation phase (pilot project).

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