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by daguerro

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I am wanting to bring my company into the 21st century. We have a Novell network but because of lack of demand we do not have personal email accounts for all users. But we are in desparate need internally. I want to setup an internal email system (server) for users on the network to email each other through the intranet.

Is their an inexpensive solution? This would really bring us out of the dark ages.

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by bchesmer

Many different ways of going about it. Some free, some low cost, some high cost. Just keep in mind, you usally get what you pay for.

What ver of Netware are you running?
(You may be able/want to use Groupwise)

Do you have any other servers in your network?
If so, type of HW & OS?

What features are you looking for in your email system (In house only? ect...)

What are you looking to spend?

What's your (Or your tech admin) technical background?

f you can answer these questions, I or someone else here could point you in the right direction.

by daguerro

I am a webmanager, and have some networking knowledge. But we outsource all of our IT work that I can't handle.

We run Netware 3.32 and all of our users run Win95. I am not sure about our server specs though. Is Groupwise a free solution because we run Netware?

I would prefer a more common email client. Outlook Express would be great because its free, but I dont even know if it's networkable? Probably not. You can tell I am trying to get away with minimal cost.

I guess I need to do more research, though any advice is greatly appreciated.

by bchesmer

Well, if your just looking for the lowest cost solution to get you started with interoffice email (Use any old generic pentium class PC as your server, but have a large HD if you expect alot of email).

Look at this POP server pgm & email client (The lite version is free).

POP Server
http://www.eudora.com/qpopper_general/

Email Client
http://www.eudora.com/download/

This is a VERY low cost/maintence solution for interoffice email. Also, if you already have a domain name registerd you could also use this for real world email too!

by bchesmer

Or you can just use Outlook express & set a PC to act as the postoffice (Mail Server) for your interoffice email only.

by weluvm$?

Try MailGate. It's not free but it is very flexible, easy to manage and will allow external mail too.

Their website is : www.mailgate.com

If you need to discuss the product I would recommend the following: -

Phil
DC Trading Ltd
+44 1473 730286

They are in the UK but they know EVERYTHING about this product and are one of the major resellers...

by deroode

Just a couple of points:

-You don't get groupwise for free because you own a netware server.
- You don't have netware 3.32, because it doesn't exist. If you have 3.2 or 3.12 it comes with a built in mail solution, as mentioned before.
- If youhave a 4.x or higer server you can try out Netmail. It is a simple and affordable mail solution, which can also handle your external mail (once you've managed to provide internal mail everybody will cry for external..)
- The mail client is ususallyindependent of your mail server. This means that you certainly don't want outlook express, especially when you are moving forward to external mail. It'll cause a heck of a lot of work to get all virusus and trojans from your workstations, and to apply patches on a weekly basis.. Choose something reliable (eudora was mentioned before..)

by budthegrey

Run, don't walk, to http://www.unoverica.com/ literature/ucm290.html (after removing spaces)

The unoverica e-mail server runs as an NLM in your Netware server. It has *very* low overhead, so yo can put it on the production server (no second box required). It is easy to manage, complies with internet e-mail standards, and is FREE.

The only drawback is that this version does not have good anti-spam or open relay control. However, if you are using it for internal mail only, that's not a problem.

Should you ever decide to connect your network to the internet & have the Netware server be your e-mail server, Unoverica's "commercial" version is modestly priced ($495, less for education), and has good anti-spam and open relay control.
HTH

by dirtyharry

Another option is from the author of the popular Pegasus e-mail client, which I believe is called Mercury; runs on a Netware server, and is available as shareware (I'm pretty sure...)

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