[KLUG Members] Email compatibility?

[Bruce Smith]

I have a canned piece of software (voice mail) that can be configured 
to send email under certain conditions, and I'd like that to happen.
However, it only lists compatibility with M$ Exchange, and I don't want
it to happen bad enough to setup an Exchange server just for it.

I have zero experience with Exchange, and know nothing about it.  My
questions are:  Is outgoing email on Exchange standard SMTP?  If I point
this software to a Linux/Sendmail server, should I expect it to work? 
Or is the Exchange protocol something PROPRIETARY?

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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