[OS:N:] Exchange Server?

["Patrick Cable II" <pc pcable net>]

Hi list -

  My school district wants to set up exchange server... this scares me.
Our current email system runs on qMail and such.
  What is there for alternatives?
  The superintendant is dead set on using outlook and sharing calendars.
He will not have it any other way. Whatever he uses also must sync with
his palm pilot

Patrick