the 2850 uses the same NIC's as the 1750 and we do have
the latest drivers. I believe there to be a problem with smtpd32 and
nothing else. Since few of us are having the problem ipswitch has
chosen to blow this off as a non-issue. Hope there aren't anymore
non-issues out there with 2006 such as the D&T file situation. I
would hate to have the server delete files only to find out the real
problem was smtpd32's programming causes this problem as well as the
memory leak.
Bruce Barnes wrote:
We have a brand new Dell PowerEdge 2850 Server
that we're testing 2006.4 on and have ZERO problems with the NIC in the
server.
Our 8.2, production mail server, is also a DELL
and we're using the NIC that's embedded in the server for IMail and
have NEVER had a problem caused by the NIC.
I, personally, think that the DELL NIC issue
raised by IMail's tech support has absolutely no basis, SO LONG AS you
are running the MOST RECENT version of the DELL DRIVER for the NIC as
ascertained by the DELL SUPPORT WEBSITE - based on the ASSET TAG LOOKUP
of your server on that website.
We run ONLY WINDOWS 2000 SERVER and have
installed ALL OPERATING SYSTEM PATCHES, including the non-auto patches
found by the manual scans, ie: using
the CUSTOM scan at: http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us and
installing ALL OPERATING and HARDWARE updates found by the CUSTOM SCAN.
Keep your computer
up to date Check to see if you need updates for Windows, your programs,
your hardware or your devices.
We've tried 2003 SERVER and were very unhappy with some of
the results we saw with the performance and some of the security
testing we did in a hospital environment and have decided to stick with
2000 SERVER for the foreseeable future. It's stable, there are good
drivers available from every vendor we deal with and we've had ZERO
problems with both hardware and software. We also run 2000 WORKSTATION
exclusively in all of the network environments we're responsible for.
NOTE: We also have a couple of unix flavored boxes in our
hosting environment but no plans for any VISTA or 2003 machines at this
time. I prefer to let someone else deal with the headaches and
security issues that arise from new operating systems and migrate only
AFTER there is proven stability with the environment - which is also
why we're waiting for the next release of IMail to determine if we're
going to move our users off of 8.2. I still don't like the fact that
everyone has full access under whatever account the user web access
account runs on the server. That's just plain poor program development
and planning and creates a MAJOR security loophole in an
otherwise secure computing environment!
My personal preference, based on past experience. You may
not agree with me, but no one said you had to either.
I hear that but when you've got a brand new dell
server that passes every hardware check there is you're a bit hesitant
to throw a $50 NIC in to replace redundant/teaming NIC's.
Paul Navarre wrote:
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The final recommendation was to change out the NIC which works perfectly
according to every test dell provides.
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