Re: New to iTools/OSX

[Mike Schienle <mgs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:23 PM -0500 2/22/02, Steve Vaught wrote:
>  > I know iTools comes "bundled"
> >  with something but we've never used it.
>
> Has anyone on this list got recommendations about the built in mail server
> that itools offers? Is it good for basic smtp/pop/imap accounts? And does it
> suffer from being on the same machine with apache running?
>
> I spoke to sales at tenon and they said I would be fine, but I want some
> real world examples as well.

I have an older iMac DV SE 400 with 384 MB RAM running from a 384 Kb 
DSL line. I host about 8 sites from it at the moment with no trouble. 
A few of the users use the WebMail program on occasion, as do I when 
I'm away from the office. It works without a hitch for me. I receive 
about 300 emails and send about 10 or so per day. I also have a few 
cron tasks that fire off emails. I'm quite sure iTools uses the 
existing version of Sendmail already on MacOS X to manage this. The 
web-based interface allows you to add users, assign aliases, etc. for 
email.

I'd use the exact same setup (newer hardware, of course) if I needed 
to do it over.
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Mike Schienle
Interactive Visuals, Inc.
http://www.ivsoftware.com/