OK, I posted a message Saturday asking for advice in setting up a new IMail server. I didn't get a single response (much to my dismay).
Here is the setup, I know it's not much of a box but I've only got about 500 users. We don't offer any dialup service and I steer most folks toward using their ISP's SMTP server. Many block port 25 now anyway. I've got maybe a dozen with static IPs that I allow relaying for. Most also simply have their mail forwarded so they don't even use the POP3 service. I can't picture having more than a couple thousand users any time in the foreseeable future. Intel ATA66 motherboard III 550 Mz, 256K cache processor ATA 80 GB harddrive 512 MB RAM I just ordered the 3COM 3C980C-TXM nic since the box has a NetGear in it and I haven't read good things about it. I formatted the drive with a 12 GB system partition, 4 GB partition for the apps, 4 GB partition for the spool and the rest for the mailboxes. I'll be migrating users over from my web server/mail server. Right now I'm using an Access database. I'll either be switching over to the IMail database or SQL Server 2000, which I have available. So, here are my questions: Pros/cons in using the IMail database vs SQL Server? I'm running IMail 6.05 now. I have a copy of 7.1 sitting here. I'd like to go with 7.1 while I'm migrating. Is it ready for prime time? If yes to above, should I install 6.05, migrate the users over, then upgrade? Uninstall 7.1 on the new box and upgrade the existing box to 7.1 and SQL Server (if I go with SQL Server) then move it over? It looks like migrating the users over to the same version then upgrading will be pretty straight forward. Or would it be best to do a clean install of 7.1? If a clean install would be best, anyone have suggestions or a link to the best migration path? -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ 954.721.3452 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/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
