Re: Mail server for home use?

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I reckon you could probably do everything on your list just with Outlook
XP...

1) Use a .PST file stored on a shared drive, accessable to all required
client devices. Multiple clients can open the same PST file
simultaneously.

2)Well, it's part of Office XP, so if you've already got that, then it's
"free"... :-)

3) Outlook XP now supports http mail servers (i.e. Hotmail)

4) No problem.

5) Outlook since version 2000 has a very good object model and programming
interface. I currently have a VB script which opens my calendar and reads
out my appointments for the day as part of may wake-up alarm routine...

HTH

Paul G.



>From: "psghome2002" <psghome@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Mail server for home use?
>Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 09:09:56 -0000
>
>Anyone got any thoughts on a decent mail server for home use? My
>requirements are:
>
>1) central mail/calendar/notes/contacts store so that I can view on
>any connected client (Fuji, PC, Laptop, iPaq, fridge, toaster! etc)
>2) Doesn't cost the earth (like Exchange)
>3) Can retrieve mail from POP3 and HTTP (Hotmail)
>4) Supports multiple accounts/users
>5) Potential integration with apps such as ACE, HV, HAL etc (not
>really sure about this but I guess as a minimum it needs to save
>contacts in a form useable by other apps)
>
>I've used NTMail and Exchange (a little) before. Thinking about it
-
>is Outlook capable of doing any/all of this on it's own?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Paul.
>




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