Re: [IMail Forum] Windows Server 2003 Web edition debate.

[Joe Wolf]

Gavin you asked "Is there some reason why IMail should be run on a machine running Windows Server 2003 Web Edition?".  Yes!  Windows Server 2003 Web Edition runs faster and is more secure than any previous OS that Microsoft has released to date.  All unnecessary services are disabled and the OS is locked down secure by default.  You can install it on a new machine and have it running in 30 minutes or so and be reasonably secure.  It seems blazingly fast to me... probably because much of that unnecessary junk that bogs down even the standard version of 2003 Server is not present (yes you can remove most of it on the others, but no all).  I'm running it on four servers right now and not a hesitation of any kind out of any of them.  Finally what seems to be a good stable OS out of the box!   If we're talking about license violations here then try talking about using Imail on Windows 95, 98, XP, 2000 (not Server) that are not to be used as servers.  They all have built in concurrent connection limits of between 5 and 20 connections, but since Imail is a third party software it gets around this built in limit.  Those here trying to find technical violations of the Windows Server 2003 Web Edition License Agreement with a magnifying glass and can't find any may want to take some time to look at the above product License Agreements.  I haven't read them, but I can't imagine that Imail would be an approved application.   -Joe