Answers inline. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:47 PM Subject: [iMS] Adding POP and SMTP
> Hi all, > > We have been using the 100 thread iMS SE POST server and we love it - it is really > great. > > We have a POP/SMTP server which we picked up somewhere else and a webmail package > for cold fusion which we have modified somewhat ourselves. > > We are not really happy with the performance of either and want to give the iMS > POP/SMTP a go and also FusionMail which I understand to be a webmail package (at > least in part). > FusionMail provides templates that control the iMS services as well as a web interface. FusionMail v2.7 (currently in development) adds a lot of new stuff like new mail notifications, signatures, and several other new functions. I anticipate a release within a month (and, possibly a beta before then). > Our problem is that our CRM allows us to write XML which can be used to configure > our current mail server, without having to use the mail server's own interface - so > we need similar functionality from the iMS mail server - we don't care if it is via > a database (MSSQL by preference) or via XML or some other method - as long as it is > possible and relatively painless to control the mail setup from our CRM - can we do > this? > Well, the thing about iMS is that the core templates basically control the entire email server. This means that controlling domains and users can be something that is based on a database. FusionMail has only a few tables that are used to create and manage domains and users. So, all you would need to do is add the proper records in a table with your CRM. > Also, can people tell me what they think of the following: > > 1. iMS package - how does it handle load etc, also how many mail accounts would the > 100 thread version handle with reasonable ease? Is it fairly bullet proof? > 2. FusionMail - as a webmail package, what do end users think if it? We get a huge > number of problems relating to badly formatted emails and attachments with our > current webmail, we really need something that is easy to use and can handle > seriously malformed email and attachments. > 3. Virus checking - we do some basic virus checking with our current mail server, > but I understand that it is possible to get a lot more sophisticated checkers with > iMS - what is available and how does this affect the load on the server? > I assume the above was for thrid parties but as far as #3 goes - you can attack viruses in several ways with iMS: 1 - spawn an external virus checker in your CFML 2 - create custom templates for checking (iMS_Beagle - written by Phil Beazly is a great example) 3 - PrismAV - which is the integrated virus scanning package for iMS > The productions server is a 2.4 gh pentium with 1 gb ram running Windows 2000. > > Finally - Howie, if we have the 100 thread POST server installed, can we get a demo > licence to run the POP and SMTP servers? I have a developers licence for the iMS SE > - will that allow me to test the POP and SMTP servers on our development machine? > If you send me your license off-list I'll set this up for you. Regards, Howie > Ciao, > > Michelle > > > > > ==^======================================================= This list server is Powered by iMS "The Swiss Army Knife of Mail Servers" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as a free service. Although we will try to address issues in a timely manner, support via this list is not guaranteed. If you require expedited support then a support contract is required. Support may be purchased from http://www.coolfusion.com/commerce. Details regarding support options may be reviewed at: http://www.coolfusion.com/SupportOptions.cfm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave this list please complete the form at http://www.coolfusion.com/Support/ Need an iMS Developer license? Sign up for a free license here: http://www.coolfusion.com/Developers/ List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/infusion-email%40eoscape.com/ Note: You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^=======================================================
