> wish I had the magic dust you guys use, an imail system without > problems sounds like an imail system without users.
Unfortunately, I think you may be right. We have been using Imail for 2.5 years now and seen it be extremely stable. The only problems we've had were: 1. Web Messaging stopped responding after 1-2 days and needed restart. This was fixed by putting Imail on its own box without IIS. 2. Web Messaging needs restart after SQL service stops/starts. Still don't have any explanation but since SQL only stops/starts once every month or two its not an issue. (No...we're not running SQL on the same box as Imail) 3. 1 or 2 users have strange webmail problems like can't forward message or can't save preferences. Anyway...other than those few items, Imail has basically been a "set it and forget it" solution. It has been very cost effective and we haven't had to pay for any extra tech skills. (I couldn't program a line of code to save my life) HOWEVER, while we have approximately 1500 users across 8 domains (IP and IPless)(ODBC and Registry), our usage rarely tops 5% on a Xeon 600 with 1G RAM. What concerns us now is that we could be forced in the near future to add thousands of users that would tax our rescources much more heavily. When we purchased Imail the one adverstising claim that stuck in my mind was "100,000 users and 1 million messages a day" on middle of the road hardware. This gave me great confidence. In lurking (and occassionally posting stupid answers :-) on this list for almost a year now, I have seen two basic Imail user experiences. They show up again in these two threads. "Imail is so unstable, it sucks" and "Imail is the most stable software we have." So...My Question (Yeah! Finally!) For those of you that have constant problems with Imail; what are your load factors? What 3rd party products are you using (HKSI, Declude, Imgate)? And... for those of you that aren't having problems with Imail; Same Question. Or maybe I should ask it this way. Is there anyone out there with high load factors that experiences Imail to be extremely stable and reliable? and... Is there anyone out there with very low load factors that experiences Imail to be unstable and buggy? Maybe this could shed some light on this constant theme that boils up every few weeks. Congratulations, you finished this post. David Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
