The paper discusses the new mail systems such as Microsoft Exchange and Zimbra and how they work. It also outlines the benefits of using these systems to promote collaborative and remote working within smaller organisations.

It also points out that not only can these systems synchronize mail, contacts and calendars between devices such as your desktop PC, notebook and mobile phone but they also provide an invaluable continuous back up function in the event of hardware failure or loss.

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