E-Mail Help

I'm in need of suggestions. I think we're in the Dark Ages and are
looking for Enlightenment.

We are a publishing company in a rural area and currently use POP
accounts in order to retrieve mail from an off-site server.

During our advertising deadline, we get many e-mails with many, many
attachments (15-20 image files is not unusual.) Some of the attachments
are pretty large (110MB PDFS...)

Currently we use Eudora 6.2 because it drops the attachments into a
networked folder allowing access for all. One employee, for instance,
can be told about that attachments and go to work on them. We can also
make seperate attachment folders for seperate issues (ie attach march
issue)

Only lately Eudora has crashed on us many times. Is there another
client--more stable--that would allow to access the attachments over
the network, putting them in easliy managed folders?

Or are we looking at having to put in some sort of e-mail server
system? We use Novell 5 but are not experts at networking. We know
enough to keep up and running.

Thanks

Re: E-Mail Help

>I'm in need of suggestions. I think we're in the Dark Ages and are
>looking for Enlightenment.
>
>We are a publishing company in a rural area and currently use POP
>accounts in order to retrieve mail from an off-site server.
>
>During our advertising deadline, we get many e-mails with many, many
>attachments (15-20 image files is not unusual.) Some of the attachments
>are pretty large (110MB PDFS...)
>
>Currently we use Eudora 6.2 because it drops the attachments into a
>networked folder allowing access for all. One employee, for instance,
>can be told about that attachments and go to work on them. We can also
>make seperate attachment folders for seperate issues (ie attach march
>issue)
>
>Only lately Eudora has crashed on us many times. Is there another
>client--more stable--that would allow to access the attachments over
>the network, putting them in easliy managed folders?
>
>Or are we looking at having to put in some sort of e-mail server
>system? We use Novell 5 but are not experts at networking. We know
>enough to keep up and running.
>
>Thanks

Among other options, consider getting an embedded e-mail server. It's
ready out of the box (you only configure the domains and users and
there you go), cheap, does not consume energy (3Watts only) does not
produce heat, only needs 3x3 inches space (put it on your desk if you
want), is VERY easy to configure, solves your spam and e-mail related
malware problem in a centralized fashion.

You can either use it to still go and read your POP3 accounts, but
internal mail is kept internal (hence much faster) or have your
provider make an MX record point towards your internet connection
(works even if you choose a free dyndns hostname) and recive the
incoming mails directly. You also can mix such scenarios, route one
account into the accounts of as many useres you want. There is no hard
user or domain limit. It's well suited for up to 200 users or 10'000
mails per day which ever comes first.

Visit

www.nct-technology.com

for general information. In the US you can get it here:

www.ees-usa.com

Btw, the spam filter implemented in the device is working extremly
well. We observe way less false positives than many other solutions
and at the same time a significantly higher spam recognition ratio. We
provide between 6 - 20 spam database pattern updates PER DAY and the
device automatically updates it's firmware to keep up with the games
the spammers are playing and of course also for us to implement new
features. Pattern updates as well as firmware updates are free - that
said there are no running costs. The device also reliably intercepts
all mails with executeable content and is also able to intercept mails
containing scripting like JavaScript etc. You then can configure what
to do with them.

The devices hard and software are designed from ground up with
security in mind. It does not contain an operating system, that said
there is no code to execute code loaded into ram from the masstoreage
and execute it there. Buffer overrun exploits like they are so common
these days with PC boxes, are absolutely impossible because of the
hardware used and the aproach choosen to implement the firmware. The
device simply does not contain any functionality which would an
attacker allow to use it as a gateway into your network etc. etc.

There is also no administration needed once you have configured your
users and domains. The initial device setup probably will need 5
minutes of your time, add to this one minute per user.

Markus

PS: Note, I AM biased cause I work for the manufacturer of this
device. It's designed for small office uses and I'm sure would fit
your needs quite well.