Michael, if you are just having problems with the mail server try Merak
Mail. It is very inexpensive, and we have found it extremely FAST and
reliable. They also have a companion product for Webmail. Both products
can be found at www.merakmail.com or www.icewarp.com. They are both
excellent products for the price.
Terry Dickson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael W. Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:33 AM
Subject: Microsoft Mail under W2K
> I have a Microsoft Mail postoffice being hosted on a W2K server box. My
> clients are a mixture of W95, NT 4.0, and W2K workstations. For a variety
> of reasons I do not wish to change over to a full-blown Exchange server
> implementation at this time.
>
> Some time ago my users started reporting that they were not receiving
their
> mail in a timely manner. The client are configured to automatically check
> for mail every 10-15 minutes. Sometimes the messages are retrieved
> immediately, at other times they may be delayed for several hours. At
times
> the user may retrieve his mail by manually send/receiving.
>
> Without having anything substantial to back this up, my gut feeling is
that
> the postoffice database has become corrupted. This has been in use for
> several years with little or no maintenance other than adding/deleting
> accounts. The files have been moved to at least three separate machines
> during this period. Are there any tools to verify and/or repair a
> postoffice database?
>
> My only other suspicion is that this might be related to W2K. Again, this
> is without substantiation, but I notice that W2K seems to have dropped the
> postoffice management tools that NT and W95 provided.
>
> I would appreciate any help you may offer in troubleshooting this problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Ellis
>
>
>
> http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
>
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm
