There are many mail-server applications available today, but while Windows users have a number of options Linux users struggle. Sendmail is an effective mail-transfer agent, but it can be difficult to configure. So it’s good to see Axigen’s Mail Server taking the pain out of setting up an in-house mail server.

Running under Linux, Solaris or one of the BSD distributions, Axigen can scale all the way from a small office to a sizable ISP installation, supporting a large number of mail domains and users, depending on the type of licence. It supports SMTP, POP3 and IMAP services, and common email clients such as Outlook Express and Thunderbird will operate untroubled. Apart from supporting normal email clients, it also offers a webmail system. It provides customisable wrappers for the Sendmail service and can also act as a relay for selected networks. Read the rest of this entry »