Free MailServer for Windows

danitfk

Hi all


I'm looking for a stable mail server in Windows Server.

I did find some options like :
1)hMailServer
2)MailEnable (Standard Edition)
3)Axigen (Free edition)

What is your suggestion? Which one or the others?

Jazzy8999

Smartermail is the best

danitfk

@Jazzy8999 said:
Smartermail is the best

$300 for 250 mail box , not suitable for me.

But thanks for your suggestion.

Jazzy8999

Its free for 10 users

danitfk

@Jazzy8999 said:
Its free for 10 users

I knew , User needs 20 - 30 boxes.

comXyz

Do your users like gmail or not? If yes, then get a Google Apps domain

jvnadr

I use Axigen but in Linux. Never used that in a windows box. In Linux, I run it to a small box with 6 domains and ~30 mailboxes. It is superb!

danitfk

@jvnadr said:
I use Axigen but in Linux. Never used that in a windows box. In Linux, I run it to a small box with 6 domains and ~30 mailboxes. It is superb!

Oh thanks , I'll test Axigen first of all.

praveen

I am user of Hmail server on windows since last few years and very stable. Does not have any limits..

mehargags

@jvnadr said:
I use Axigen but in Linux. Never used that in a windows box. In Linux, I run it to a small box with 6 domains and ~30 mailboxes. It is superb!

I have an old box (centOS 5.11) with Axigen running around 120 Mailboxes. The SPAM filtering is horribly bad. I never made an Axigen server again for Mailing.

Can you offer some help ?

Jazzy8999

@jvnadr said:
I use Axigen but in Linux. Never used that in a windows box. In Linux, I run it to a small box with 6 domains and ~30 mailboxes. It is superb!

Interesting, what distros ur using?

Nomad

Hmailserver does the job. I have installed that years ago, and even now it's being heavily used in a company without problems.

jvnadr

mehargags said: I have an old box (centOS 5.11) with Axigen running around 120 Mailboxes. The SPAM filtering is horribly bad. I never made an Axigen server again for Mailing

Axigen is not an one-click-and-go mail server. It is easy to be installed but need a lot of configuration to fulfill your needs. What problem did you face with spam filtering? Rejecting a lot of emails? In all mail servers I have installed, I usually have either low or in some cases disabled spam filtering, because even with spamassassin I faced a lot of legit emails being rejected. This is a reason I avoid to use in my bussiness free solutions like gmail and hotmail, because of their tight policies about spam that, some times, reject mails from servers not properly configured (e.g. wrong rdns settings). All of those solutions need training and effort to work nicely. So, you have to play a lot to configure spam rules meet your expectations or manually delete spam from your inbox. And every one of us needs different config of antispam rules, depending of the usage and purposes.

Jazzy8999 said: Interesting, what distros ur using?

Mostly ubuntu 12.04 and debian 7.

Have to mention that axigen is free for 100 mailboxes maximum. They also have an active forum that can be very helpful and a section there specifically for spam/virus protection.

Jazzy8999

@jvnadr said:
Have to mention that axigen is free for 100 mailboxes maximum. They also have an active forum that can be very helpful and a section there specifically for spam/virus protection.

downloading now, trying both of free and 30 days evaluation ...
Thanks

jvnadr

You can also see my reviews about 4 popular free mail servers for linux here: http://lowendtalk.com/discussion/44334/free-mail-servers-a-brief-review-of-4-free-mail-servers-you-can-install-on-a-vps

XFS_Duke

I have ran Axigen and hMailServer on Windows and both of them are good. hMailServer is a very simple setup and completely free. Axigen is as well. So whichever you choose will work great for you.

danitfk

I did choose hMail for this time.

leapswitch

If you buy a windows vps from a Smartermail partner, we are allowed to provide a free 250 User Smartermail professional license.