E-mail Server software

Emok · - Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Posts: 12

ya i want to run my own e-mail server and i was wondering if any one knew o any good software

but not microsoft exchange, cmail server. server 2003

anything apart from that would be grate

Anonymoose · - Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 2192

2 seconds of searching the forum for email will give you a range of answers and recommendations.

goose · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:46 am Post subject:

click you have been disconnected!
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The-Hunter · - Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Virginia, USA

I use MailEnable, the standard edition is free and you can host as many domains/email boxes as you wish. Only one drawback, the standard edition does not allow webmail, you must purchase the professional edition. For a reliable and secure email server you may want to give this one a try.

http://www.mailenable.com
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senshi · - Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 385 Location: UK

Argosoft mail server is one of many I have tried and found it to be well writen, uses less resources than the majority of them and has a webmail interface built in as well as allowing you to create userlists and mail lists and offer signups to mail lists.

As a relay it is very quick, I have mine setup to use SMTP and is routed through my main ISP email account, the server is in accordance with the ISP, the server uses the ISP email network to transfere the email on its remainder of its journey.

IT is not adviasble to have it set up as an open relay either or you may find that your ISP will either charge you for the clean up or cut your connection after blcak listing you as a spammer, something that most people dont understand, if your pop servers are open relays, then your only adding to the spam problem.

In all seriousness, unless your firewalled and have the added element of a router, running an email server will cause you no end of grief if your system is not secure and the server is not corectly configured.

The-Hunter · - Joined: 18 Jul 2003 Posts: 74 Location: Virginia, USA

senshi,

Thats why i chose MailEnable, by default SMTP relay is closed. I have found MailEnable very light on system resources and relatively secure. I use MailEnable Standard at home and I use Professional at work. Thank you for the heads up on Argosoft, i will check them out. =)
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senshi · - Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 385 Location: UK

np, its pretty easy to work, has multiple domains and you can have a domainless email system, eg relating entirely to your website/server domain name.

Try it out, the trial version times out after 2 hours, plenty of time to play with and assess its use, a simple google should bring up the site.

goose · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject:

hmm how about a female server ?
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TRUSTAbyss · - Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 3752 Location: USA, GA

Goose thats really funny but are you drunk ?

goose · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:54 am Post subject:

hehe nah just bored silly ;p
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