OT: POP3 server on dMW?

samdad · May 22, 2002, 09:15:48 AM

Hi chaps.

Gonna change my name to "lurkio", 'cos even though I don't post much, I am still here checking the foums whenever I can.

Anyway, on to my slightly (!?) OT: looking to set-up a POP3 server on a W2K Server. What do we use for blah@deadmen.co.uk ...... Need it to set-up email for charity I work with. Have looked at MDaemon and IMail, and both do what we require, but too expensive (>250 casual users).

Thanks for any info.

Regards.

Samdad
(still working far too bloody hard

AND can't get CS1.4 to work even though I now have a sooper-dooper fast cable modem at 512K!)

OldBloke · May 23, 2002, 12:41:18 PM

WayHey! Samdad's here.

Looks like you're gonna have to contact Stryker/Doggers direct mate. :cry:

DogMeat · May 23, 2002, 02:37:44 PM

Even if it wasn't for a charity, I wouldn't recommend anything M$ for a mail server. Linux and Sendmail or Postfix will handle the job with less fuss/overhead/security issues.

samdad · May 27, 2002, 07:33:52 PM

W2K? Ain't got no choice ... it's the only OS I have a hope of supporting. Thanks for the all the advice and help ... I'll keep looking for a mail server proggie we can afford ......

Thanks

Samdad

DogMeat · May 27, 2002, 07:53:31 PM

Your call, but I'd hate to have a critical service such as an organisation's email depending on something like windows... :?

Gandalf · May 27, 2002, 07:56:55 PM

y? Been doing that for the last 3 years. And it's been great! Out of all of Billie's os' Win2000 is the most stable.

Have a look at some of these....

http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=...rver&tg=dl-2001

May suit your needs.

Stryker · May 28, 2002, 10:27:34 AM

I love stating the obvious, but go to google.co.uk and do a search "for free mail server windows".

many many many moons ago, during my pleasant life of naivety I used several free/cheap mail server progs for windows.

samdad · May 30, 2002, 09:08:31 AM

Thanks chaps. Did do the usual searches but couldn't actually find one to match our needs. I'll have a look at the above and see what I can find.

I have to agree that W2K is V V stable ... far more so than NT4 .... and we don't have a choice anyway ...

Thanks again for the info.

Regards.

Samdad

(btw eventually got CS1.4 working and played for a while the other night .... if I was bad before then I'm absolutely crud now! It's amazing how quickly you lose your edge after not playing for a while!)