I have used FBSD and Linux boxes for mail servers in the past when hosting sites. Now days I just use the SMTP in IIS because I maybe need to send 5 emails out a day, if even that since it is a development environment. If you do not know Linux already then it might very well be cheaper to just spend the $200 on a Windows software solution since time is money and you would need to familarize yourself with multiple things going that route.
If you have an old box laying around you could use it for a FBSD or Linux mail server. I just recently pulled the plug on a PPro 180mhz box that had been getting used as a DNS and email server for over 6 years. On 10/19/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh, I think I see what you're saying...using VMWare on > Windows and run Linux virtually and use SendMail as > the mail server... > > Right? > > The server could handle that...and actually I was wrong > about the OS for the mail server...it's Win XP SP2. > I use it as an FTP server (low traffic) and mail server > (again low volume) > > What Linux distro would you recommend that would be > very "friendly" to a heretofore Windows only user? > > (Never used VMWare, either) > > Sounds like a lot more work than forking over $199... > > Using Linux makes my "Mr. Spock eyebrow" go up. :o) > > > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:53 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Recommendations for a mail server... > > Well like I said... if your server is powerful enough, you can just run > VMWare on it (Free), and then run linux on top of that (Free), and have > yourself a nice little mail server. > > Russ > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:257459 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
