--- Forwarded Message from David Herren <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 06:49:20 -0400 >Subject: Re: #6720 OSX servers & email (TBob) >From: David Herren <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ I'm not sure I understand your question, Bob. Are you talking about the client mail application, Mail.app? I wonder since you mention OSX _Server_ and could thus be talking about the mail _server_ application. The client Mail.app supports SMTP, POP, Imap, and can do SSL for secure connections to those mail server protocols for secure transfer. I am unaware of any additional mail protocols that are missing and I currently use Mail.app for managing mail from 8 different mail accounts using a mixture of POP, Imap and unix mail. My one wish is that Mail.app would associate a particular signature with a particular account, but since there's a pop up in the compose window for selecting which account to send from as well as to select the signature, it's not really a problem. As for OSX Server and its mail system, you have two choices there. You can use the OSX version of Apple's rewritten mail server application from the Appleshare Server days, which supports POP, Imap, etc, or, you can ditch it and use sendmail and other unix tools, most of which are default installed anyway (it is a unix machine, after all). On one of the three server boxes that I admin, I've chosen the latter solution and run a straight unix implementation. IT does involve a bit more set up time, but results in a standard unix configuration--the internet standard if you will. On two other boxes for mail serving, I run CommunigatePro from stalker.com. This is an EXTREMELY robust mail solution capable of handling multiple 100,000 client accounts and which runs on virtually every robust operating system out there. It supports all mail protocols and includes a very nice web mail application as well. CommunigatePro is used by a number of large internet service providers for providing mail to their many thousands of clients as well as multinational corporations. If you could be more specific as to the complaints that you've heard, I can probably weigh in with comments, but my only complaint is that I really wish Mail.app would allow me to associate a specific signature file with specific accounts. On Monday, June 17, 2002, at 03:14 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote: > I have heard even from Mac people that the mail program on an OSX > server is a problem. Can anyone give me some details on this and, if > it is so, how they are coping with it, getting around it or fixing > it. I know that Mac OSX is supposed to support SMTP, POP and IMAP > protocals, but not much beyond that. > > Before I take the plunge and ditch my old server (I have already half > set up the new OSX), I need more information. /david