Hi all,
Is there some free e-mail server that uses SmartPop (behaves as a POP3
client to another server) and works as a service on win2000?
Office Mail from Burrotech could be worth a look. Never tried to run it as
a service though. Easy to setup, plenty of options, and in one networked
environment we tested it in it worked solidly over the 2 years it was in
use.
Download link:
http://burrotech.com/om_inst.exe
Some details from their website:
http://burrotech.com/officemail.php
Office Mail 1.2
Office mail is a complete email solution for small/medium businesses,
homes, schools and colleges. It works with all email clients (Outlook,
Outlook Express, Pegasus, Opera etc) and will perform the following
functions:
1. It collects everyone's email through a single internet connection and
then delivers to the appropriate user depending on who the email was
addressed to (allowing the use of a domain 'catchall' account). Users can
then collect their email through the Local Area Network even if they don't
have an internet connection.
2. It delivers everyone's email to the outside world using the same
internet connection.
3. It provides everyone on the network with internal email so that users
can email each other instantly.
4. It filters out spam and harmful viruses!
5. It provides users with mail forwarding and auto-responding.
In other words it gives everyone on a LAN spam- and virus-free email - both
to everyone else on the LAN and to the outside world. Install Office Mail
on one PC (it doesn't even have to be a dedicated PC - see the FAQ page)
and everyone on the network can use it to send and receive emails from
their PCs.
"If you don't have email on every PC in the office then you desperately
need Office Mail."
Other features include:
- Intelligent routing allowing internal emails to be delivered instantly.
- Use of aliases so that one POP collection can be distributed to the
appropriate user.
- Unlimited users - we don't believe in charging people on a sliding
per-user basis.
- Regular mail checking using a dial-up connection or a permanent,
broadband one. No more manual Send/Receiving.
- A tray icon to clearly show progress, errors and new mail.
- Will work on any PC without using valuable resources - you do not need a
dedicated machine.
- Browser support for remote administration.
