Email Server Software

[Large]

Hi Guys and Gals,

Can any of you suggest a free or reasonably priced email server software, it needs to support IMAP, its basically for a server with 12 connected users, I want the users email to be stored on the server and not on the desktop machines, any idea's ?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards

[+BudMan MVC]

pegasus mail (Mercury) - http://www.pmail.com/

Pretty sweet --> FREE, very easy to setup. Hard to beat in the windows world, if running on linux - many other options, postfix, qmail, etc..

[best_uv_d_best]

checkout http://www.MailEnable.com - but costs money...

budman, im checking that out right now... looks interesting... (Y)

[Large]

  BudMan said:

pegasus mail (Mercury) - http://www.pmail.com/

Pretty sweet --> FREE, very easy to setup.  Hard to beat in the windows world, if running on linux - many other options, postfix, qmail, etc..

Yeah thats what I downloaded today BudMan I'm trying work out how to set it up at the moment, I managed to setup one account and collect it through IMAP in Outlook 2003 although I was getting a problem with second account I setup.

Do you know how to use it ? If so could you give me a little tutorial, I have set it up on my Server ok and setting up the IMAP accounts on the desktop machines is not a problem, its just configuring the accounts in Mercury.

Any help much appreciated.

Kind Regrads

[+BudMan MVC]

in mercury, under configuration - click on manage local users. What is it that your having trouble with?

[Large]

Hi Budman,

I just worked it out, it wasn't Mercury I was having a problem with but Outlook 2003, I created a couple of IMAP accounts but my folders in my IMAP accounts kept on dissapearing.

I right clicked on the IMAP account and found a menu item called IMAP Folders, I selected that and realised that I had to subscribe to a folder which I didn't want to do, I then saw a tickbox that said the following . . .

When displaying Hierarchy in Outlook, only show subscribed folders

I unticked that box for both accounts and now all the IMAP folders show up everytime I open Outlook 2003.

Problem solved ! :D

Thanks for your offer of help but it seems I have corrected the problem.

Oh and by the way I agree Mercury is a very sweet program and its free.

Kind Regards

[Large]

Hi again BudMan,

How can I set Mercury to auto purge messages that are marked for deletion ?

If I delete a message in Outlook 2003 it puts a line through the message but will only delete if I select purge from the edit menu, when a user selects to delete a message from his IMAP account I want it to be deleted straight away or within a set time limit.

Please help if you can ?

Kind Regards

[RufioPan]

hmm... there should be a 'definitive' mail server thread stuck at the top of this forum. I've seen quite a number of these threads about setting up mail servers.

[focusdriver114]

definatly give Mail Enable a try..... free standard version... free imap plugin for standard version... simply amazing software... reverse dns blacklisting very nice, simple management, unlimited mailboxes and domains.

Should definatly give consideration.

[xxdesmus]

mercury is very good in my experience with it, is it the best? maybe, but i haven't looked around enough really. ;)

[+BudMan MVC]

Large - I never said I was the Mercury Expert ;) I have some play time with it, and from the time I have spent with it - it sure does do what it says it does. And you can not beat the price! But I do not know of the top of my head - how to do what you ask, or even if there a setting for that. I would think this more a aspect of the client used?

I'll see if I can duplicate what your seeing - and find a answer for you.

[Large]

Thanks Budman, much appreciated.

azerchXP is having exactly the same problem that I'm trying resolve, check his thread below, I have posted in that as well.

Link : IMAP Deleting emails problem in Outlook 2003 post

Thanks again.

[+BudMan MVC]

well - I was able to duplicate your issue. But as I thought - this seems more of a aspect of the client. If using thunderbird, you can expunge the deleted items on exit, etc.. Or either move the files to trash, etc.. empty trash on exit, etc..

I do not see these features available in Outlook 2003, but I do not have alot play time with IMAP and outlook 2003 - exchange exp yes, IMAP no - but I'll search around, and see if I find anything.

A quick answer would be to use thunderbird - FREE also!, unlike outlook 2003 ;)

Edit: Ok its not really an answer, but you can adjust your view not to show items marked for deletion. View, Arrange by, current view, "hide messages marked for deletion".

Atleast this way when you delete an item, it will go away. You just have to remember to purge every now and then - from a quick look on google, it seems quite a few people do not like the way outlook 2003 handles imap ;)

Edited February 20, 2004 by BudMan

[Large]

  BudMan said:

it seems quite a few people do not like the way outlook 2003 handles imap

Gotta agree there ! :yes:

[GeeZuZz]

Merak Mail Server is pretty good. I have only tested Merak, and MailEnable, and Merak is better!