5.6. Mac OS X Mail Server
While most enterprises will already have a stable messaging and groupware infrastructure, Mac OS X Server can also be leveraged for much of the same type of functionality. We have already extolled the virtues of the Address Book, iCal, and iChat; Mail rounds out the groupware offerings quite nicely and also enables Push Notification to handheld devices. In environments where an incumbent solution exists for mail, the Mac OS X mail service can provide ancillary messaging services, such as supplemental or archival mail storage, listserv functionality, virus and spam filtering before mail goes into a separate solution, or act as a relay.
While the Mac OS X Server's mail service doesn't provide as many services for other ...
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