What is the best Mail Server to install in a small company?

Question

I want to know what is the best mail server , for either linux/Windows based that support web ui
I have tried some, and found Kerio Connect the best up to my search.
tried some more like smarter mail, mail enable, IMail but found those use-less (No pop3 download support, No SMTP relay sends,.....) .

anyone can help?

Answer 1

Hi Michael,



I was actually in a similar spot a little over a year ago as my company IT manager left and our mail was in bad shape running Eudora worldmail from I think the 90's. I was tasked with finding the best mail server for our budget so this immediately removed Microsoft Exchange from it.



We ended going the route Chris D mentions but I think he said it right when saying skillset and preferences because this setup really takes a lot of time and experience to get right and we had a ton of problems because no one was a true Linux admin so our search went on and we tested smartermail (didnt like it at all), then axigen (not for us) and then settled on two products to bake off against each other, Kerio which you mention and IceWarp so I will give you the results and hopefully it might help you.



Kerio



We liked this product a lot as it seemed to have everything we wanted and in our testing seemed to be pretty solid, we discovered a few minor bugs but nothing that would drastically change our opinion. It has full support for all mail protocols, a decent web interface, mobile support (which is a growing need for us and it was FREE!!) and a Outlook plugin. We were impressed to say the least with almost everything except that during our testing they released a statement stating ActiveSync would no longer be free and they also had a dust up with customers on what seemed to be a drastic switch in their support model so this made us pause and look at IceWarp more seriously.



IceWarp



We had never heard of them but one of the other engineers recommended them from use at a past company. When looking at their feature set they too had everything we needed and actually more as we were able to use their integrated archiving feature and remove our old archive appliance and the product was very easy for us to administer and install so that was a huge bonus for our small IT staff. They had one feature that finally put it over the top for us as our choice, they call it SmartAttach, the ability to send large attachments through email, this has cut our storage cost by almost half so the higher ups love that.



All in all Kerio was good but we felt IceWarp just had a few more features and was just as nice in the interfaces and ease of use. The one knock on IceWarp was documentation, I feel this could have been a little better by including more examples for newbies like me but their support worked with me on anything I needed and got me going quickly so I forgive the docs.



Hope this helps, it was a challenging time for me during that process so thought I would give back a little if it might help. If you do look at IceWarp tell them Grayson Davis with Icon Motors referred you and I can get 10% off my next order and you would as well as part of their referral program.



Good Luck!!

Answer 2

Dear , Grayson Davis with Icon Motors



than you very much for help, it really helps, you really had search for mail server wise



I tried the IceWarp server, it's more advance, and more features,



but Didn't find the options i want, which i found it in Kerio, or may didn't know ow to do it in IceWarp,



that is no option to deliver messages using another SMTP server, and didn't find an option to download from external POP3 to a certain mailboxes, i include this the screenshots below, i really need this, because my company will change the domain name and the old domain has all emails , so we want it to automatically download pop3 message to their new inboxes,



I appreciate your help, you may have much experience in IceWarp mail and your notes may make sense .



IceWarp has a nice administration interface , more advance, and more features, and even it has web admin, Kerio only has webadmin , I may need your email for the other replies because I don't have a third-yahoo email address . heheheh





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Answer 3

It really depends on your local skillsets and preferences.



My preference would be to roll my own on a Linux-based system with something like Exim and Dovecot, with Spamassassin, ClamAV and Sieve bolted on the side. DKIM and SPF, of course, for outbound. Client side it's either Thunderbird (PCs) or K-9 (Android), although I know this configuration also works on a Mac. Not sure what I'd use for the calendaring backend, or webmail, though.



On a different track entirely, have you looked at Google Apps (i.e.the corporate version of stuff like GMail)?

Answer 4

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