Re: [IMail Forum] Short survery

[Matt]

Let me try this one if you don't mind the contribution from my direction :) .NET adds a lot of extra complexity from multiple avenues with little to be gained in exchange.  I would much prefer a DLL similar to many ASP components that one might purchase, where the scripting is done in ASP (VBScript) and the source is open for all to tweak as they see fit. I'm a bit scared of .NET regardless of the added complexity.  It's a version 1.1 environment, and in moving from 1.0 to 1.1 my only .NET application had issues.  Microsoft is known to make changes to such things over time, and incompatibilities could result in tough choices between patches/upgrades and breaking Web mail.  .NET seems more suited to be a proprietary programing environment that can be used to drive sales of and dependencies on other Microsoft products such as Visual Studio.  That relationship concerns me. I think that from Ipswitch's perspective, they also shouldn't want to be in the position of trying to troubleshoot other people's .NET environments, or risk the future of their Web interface by marrying it so tightly to a new and deeply proprietary environment that will definitely change over time and between versions. Although I'm sure that there are whitepapers and lists on Web pages telling everyone the advantages of .NET, I'm not convinced that any of the so-called advantages would be necessary.  Heck, look at what we're using now... Matt Kevin Bilbee wrote: Why would you vote IIS but not .net?? Kevin Bilbee -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Peter Richards Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 7:38 PM To: IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com; IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Short survery one of my main concerns has been the seperate web server on imail. Imail is a mail server and should stick to its core competency. i have looked at mdaemon for this exact reason being able to use a proven web server for web services. This makes 100% sense. I vote iis...but NOT .net :) -----Original Message----- From: "J Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: [IMail Forum] Short survery Date: Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:53 am Size: 1K To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> IIS IIS No No Not as long as php installation/setup provided in mail server installation/setup ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tripp Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 7:21 AM Subject: [IMail Forum] Short survery We are researching ideas for future version of IMail and would like some feedback on web servers. 1) Do you currently Run IIS or Apache? If so, which one? 2) If IMail required a web server, which would you prefer: a proprietary web server shipped with IMail, IIS or Apache? 3) Would it be a problem if IMail required IIS? 4) Would it be a problem if IMail required the .Net framework? 5) Would it be a problem if IMail required PHP? Thanks in advance for your input, Tripp Allen Software Development Manager, Messaging Ipswitch, Inc. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses at HNB.com] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ -- ===================================================== MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. http://www.mailpure.com/software/ =====================================================