>1. If we use SQL, it should definitely be a separate box, since SQL will
>take every piece of RAM it can find and sock it away like a squirrel with
>a nut, right?
yep. esp if you�re talking about high volumes of simultaneous users doing
logins, and webmail, on Imail, then SQL would be happiest elsewhere, and
would be more scaleable, too.
>2.l Is anyone using Access 2000 as a database? Does it effect performance?
yes. Access is a desktop database, not suitable for high-volumes of
simultaneous connections.
>3. No matter which database I use, does it kill SMTP Auth? (I read this in
>some of the older posts)? Is this still the case?
afaik, yes. Maybe in IMail7 ....
> What is the practical effect of this - does it open your box up as a relay?
not necessarily. Your in-house dial-up users will not have to use SMTP
AUTH since they are "my networks". And your remote dial-up users "should"
relay their outbound through their access provider�s SMTP machine, not
through yours. So you can set relay for addresses to stop open relay and
nobody needs to do SMTP AUTH.
Len
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