Does Leopard Server make user/email lists?

Hi,
We presently use QuickMail server, mainly because it keeps a local user email list, and sends it to all users each time it's changed. So, the question is, does Leopard Server Mail admin have a feature like this? This will be a major factor in whether we migrate to Apple Mail vs staying with QuickMail.
The other factor is SPAM control, of course. Does Apple Mail have SPAM control features equivalent to Outspring's (QuickMail) new mail client "Outspring Mail"?
TIA for any insights on mail management,
...Tom

Have not figured out whether Apple Mail Server makes and sends user ("contacts") lists to all users as QuickMail does. I hope the engineers will look at this possibility. Perhaps as an Address Book feature. However, (against my better judgment) most of our clients are choosing to use Entourage as a client. If the list is usable by both Apple Mail and Entourage it would be even more useful.

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Message was edited by: suresh Venugopalan Shankar
Message was edited by: suresh Venugopalan Shankar

suresh Venugopalan Shankar wrote:
1/ will windows users be able to use the wiki, chat, calendaring and podcast facilities from their laptops without any problems, and will they have the same easy user interface?
Yes, the web based interfaces work just fine for both OS's, the chat server is using jabber (clients on about every OS) and the calendaring is using the standards based iCalendar format.
2/ does the wiki server enable group collaboration like:
2a/ sending out email notifications on new posts (without changing our exchange server)
2b/ allowing groups to create project and team specific areas
I don't know of functionality to send out e-mail notifications on new posts, but you can subscribe to RSS feeds of things posted in the blog section of the wiki server. I'd need a little bit more information to understand what you're looking for as far as creating project and team specific areas.
3/ The problem we face is one of adoption. If we can make this as easy as facebook, then lots of people will migrate within 48 hours. But is this possible with the leopard server?
On the front end most of this stuff is very easy to use, and is in my opinion even simpler than facebook and such.
4/ finally, we are based in Singapore and our offices are all in Asia? Do we need a lot of experienced Apple-savvy technical people to create any of these applications, or is leopard server as easy to use as a mac is for a home user?
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Oh, on the losing Internet, try this...
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
10.7 & 10.8…
System Preferences>Network, top of window>Locations>Edit Locations, little plus icon, give it a name.
10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.
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For 10.5/10.6, System Preferences>Network, unlock the lock if need be, highlight the Interface you use to connect to Internet, click on the advanced button, click on the DNS tab, click on the little plus icon, then add these numbers...
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Click OK.
PS. Your English is quite good & completely understandable.

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