Free email server software

[Aaron Veteran]

Can anyone reccomend a good email server software, preferably free of course, but not opposed to spending a bit of cash. Posts with some personal experience would really be helpful or jus tsome links to apps you have come across.

TIA

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Well - Linux comes fully loaded with everything you need.

Sendmail (enterprise grade SMTP agent), POP3/IMAP4 support, various webmail clients - can do it all. Though as you say you have an existing server, guess you won't want to reinstall it :)

[Aaron Veteran]

Well - Linux comes fully loaded with everything you need.

Sendmail (enterprise grade SMTP agent), POP3/IMAP4 support, various webmail clients - can do it all. Though as you say you have an existing server, guess you won't want to reinstall it :)

I plan to just run it off of the best computer we have in the office as it will be best suited to handle any extra processes and is on 24/7. It is a Windows XP machine though, so installing Linux is really out of the question. Thanks for your input so far. Anyone else?

[dougkinzinger]

Pegasus.

http://www.pmail.com/

Free, and decent.

[AQUaDeX]

MailEnable http://www.mailenable.com

Personally think it's the best Windows-based mail server around, powerful yet simple to use, the Standard version is free.

I especially like its diagnostics feature, I didn't know some mail providers reject my mail if I do not set a proper PTR for my IP, and now with diagnostics I know :p

[markwolfe Veteran]

I plan to just run it off of the best computer we have in the office as it will be best suited to handle any extra processes and is on 24/7. It is a Windows XP machine though, so installing Linux is really out of the question. Thanks for your input so far. Anyone else?

Well, there is a port of sendmail for the Windows platform...

http://www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm

It seems to be a direct port of sendmail, from what their webpage says.

[AQUaDeX]

Well, there is a port of sendmail for the Windows platform...

http://www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm

It seems to be a direct port of sendmail, from what their webpage says.

Hmmm that thing doesn't seem like offering mailboxes... only mail sending

[+BudMan MVC]

The best machine you have in the office is running XP? No servers huh, just peer to peer - thought about going to something like SBS?

For ease of use and cost (FREE) and running on windows box, your best bet would be pmail - as Doug suggested already. A monkey could set it up and loaded with features. Spam blocking, etc..

[dougkinzinger]

your best bet would be pmail - as Doug suggested already. A monkey could set it up and loaded with features. Spam blocking, etc..

LOL, yup. It's pathetically simple.

--DK

[Storm]

pegausus has a mail server now?

Last time i used it you had to install mecury mail for the server

[dcook32p]

Try hMailServer [hmailserver.com].

[+BudMan MVC]

pegausus has a mail server now?

Last time i used it you had to install mecury mail for the server

Yes you are right - the mail server versions real name is Mercury;

Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v4.01a

Same Thing ;)

[Storm]

lol

[dougkinzinger]

Yes you are right - the mail server versions real name is Mercury;

Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v4.01a

Same Thing ;)

Aye, that's right. Thanks for clearing that up.