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Recommend a mail server

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For Windows, Windows 2003 Enterprise to be specific.

Any suggestions on what's a good email server program? I've been using Mdaemon6 and I'm thinking of switching to another.
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I use Gatecom PostCast here, but only coz it's easy. I doubt it'd cope with enterprise level stuff.
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Post by malcolmboston »

i personally use officemail, its free and simple to setup if your only planning it for testing your PHP scripts (ie. not for actual real world use)
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MDaemon is an easy one to use. If your only using version 6 you are a bit outdated however. Version 8 just came out of beta and is publically stable.

If you don't mind me asking, what version are you running with how many users? Has your upgrade license just expired?
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Post by malcolmboston »

if your referring to me, im using the free trial of officemail, basically it never runs out, but it adds a little "i use officemail" to the fotter of your emails.

i only use it for testing emailing from PHP anyway so its not an issue
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Web Dummy wrote:MDaemon is an easy one to use. If your only using version 6 you are a bit outdated however. Version 8 just came out of beta and is publically stable.

If you don't mind me asking, what version are you running with how many users? Has your upgrade license just expired?
Soon, it's version 6, 12 users. Just wondering if there are better mail servers than this that's worth switching to. Else, I'll just upgrade it to 8.
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Post by Trenchant »

I myself have been looking around a lot for windows based mail server applications. So far the best I can find is mdaemon and I keep coming back to it.

I'm gonna be setting up a family mail server soon and if I go with windows I will be using mdaemon. I'm leaning towards linux however because they have reliable, free mail server applications.

Thats my opinion is mdaemon. I was a beta tester for v8 and it was very easy and reliable.
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Thanks for your opinion, Web Dummy. ^^
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malcolmboston
how did you setup php and officemail to send emails via php mail() function?
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Post by malcolmboston »

in PHP, change your php.ini to reference the correct Mail information.
in Office Mail, just make sure your using the correct host information.

both have manuals, you should read both.

If i remember correctly it took me no longer than 2 mins to have it up and running, hence why i recommend it
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ye i did it
very quick setup, ideal for playing with mail() function
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