Using Microsoft Exchange Server in conjunction with Microsoft Outlook on each desktop will provide the maximum efficiency and reliability of communication between your staff. The effective communication will lead to further co-ordination and organisation between staff in your office.

Microsoft Exchange Server is primarily an email server. Its major task is to send and receive emails, yet is has many more features that make it suited to become a key piece in your communication strategy. The benefits of having a Microsoft Exchange Server include:

• Staff can access each other's Calendars and Tasks. You can invite colleagues to meetings, check availability, reserve a conference room and more.
• Using Exchange's Public Folders, you can provide a general share point or personal storage location for messages.
• Global Address Lists allow you to maintain a business-wide address book and email distribution lists, so everyone will have up-to-date contact details.
• The latest version of Exchange server even allows access of all email over the Internet using a standard browser - or you can access your email over the Internet using your Outlook 2003 software.

Communicat will configure the server and desktops so that you will achieve better collaboration between staff in your business. If necessary, we will provide training for users who use the software.

If all you want is a simple email server and you do not require all the functionality that Microsoft Exchange Server offers, then Communicat can provide a Linux/BSD based solution. We offer Open Source solutions based on the secure and stable OpenBSD platform. This platform is renowned for its primary goal of having the best security. In order to improve security, we also utilise the PostFix mail server due to its increased security features. SpamAssassin handles the Spam filtering for the email server to give you even better protection against threats.

Most businesses start life with an external POP3 or IMAP email system. The Internet is built around these common mailbox standards and they do their job well. Since these standards are reasonably old, they can sometimes have little to no security. You may be sending an encrypted password every time you check your mail. Most external POP3 or IMAP email services only require passwords without encryption because it is the lowest common denominator. Imagine how easy it is for someone to listen for passwords to your account. Would you want your business related emails spied on ?

Communicat will help you move all external email address to a server inside your own networks. These affordable solutions will neutralise any eavesdropping issues, and supply you with effective control over Spam mail. You will also decrease communications bandwidth demand because staff will no longer access the Internet to check and download their emails.

SPAM filtering

Do spam emails give you a headache? Are you receiving unwanted emails from people you do not even know? Are you accidentally deleting important emails because they are swamped by the excessive number of spams you received each day?

We have just the solution to your problem - a spam filtering service called Spam Assassin. With our recent upgrade, our tests indicate that Spam Assassin can now help eliminate up to 95% of incoming spam.

For more information regarding this service, please contact us

Newsflash: SpamDetour is now available

Communicat now offers the next generation in SPAM filtering, SpamDetour. SpamDetour allows you to manage your SPAM filtering more easily than ever before, while offering even higher levels of SPAM detection and virus protection. Visit our SpamDetour website to find out all the details.

More Information

More information about Microsoft Exchange Server can be found at the Microsoft Exchange Website