# Cheaper alternatives to MS Exchange Server?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheaper-alternatives-to-ms-exchange-server/156530>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 21, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheaper-alternatives-to-ms-exchange-server/156530 "2003-02-21T12:48:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheaper-alternatives-to-ms-exchange-server/156530/1 "2003-02-21T12:48:56Z")

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I’m looking into a cheap alternative to MS Exchange Server for my company.

We’ve already got a mailserver, but I’m looking for something that can utilize a shared company calendar, and a common address book.

That’s really _all_ we need it for - everything else in the company works just fine, and we’re loathe to commit so much money to bloatware like Lotus Notes that has way too much functionality.

Any ideas?