Rampidbyter Rampid byter: A byte of my .Net developing life.

I’ve been toying with Windows Server 2008 for a little while now, nothing major, just hosting a few domains, and tweaking to get some experience with the latest server offerings. As such I’ve been really looking into getting an email server setup on Windows Server 2008. The problem is my budget doesn’t extend to the niceties of Exchange Server, or the likes of MailEnable. So after some snooping around i came across hMailServer that came with a somewhat decent support structure, decent documentation, and best of all free mail server software.

hMailServer allows for multiple domains, seemingly no limit on domain creation, multiple domain user accounts, and even a somewhat decent scripting system for automated maintenance. The only limitation on storage size I can see quickly would probably come from the particular database management system being used. The choices are between MS SQL, MySQL, or PostgreSQL.

After signing into the local hMailServer administration tool you can begin configuring your SMTP settings, setup domains, setup user accounts, configure mail rules, schedule backups, and in general configure your small or enterprise level hMailServer setup. Below you can see a glimpse of the hMailServer Administrator dialog in action.