Actually I wouldn't recommend running VMWare on XP. I'm sure it can handle it, but it probably means this is more of a desktop type machine, not one with nice and powerful Xeon processors (preferably core 2 duo).
Just use my suggestion from the other email and use ims Lite to send stuff out, it works great. And keep whatever you're using for pop3 accounts alone if it works for you now. Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:12 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Recommendations for a mail server... > > 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:257470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
