Re: Free Email server (or free ISP service) available?

de PCPaul 01/30/2008 06:58

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:21:46 +1300, John S wrote:

> I run an email course for a club, teaching elderly people how to use
> computers. Seven computers all use free yahoo addresses, and during
> lessons they send messages to one another and reply to them.
>
> Now there's a problem; the yahoo server has become unreliable and
> messages can take some time to be available (eg this morning it took
> over 15 minutes for a message sent from one computer to be available to
> the other computer it was sent to).
>
> I guess I could set up an email server on one of the computers if
> suitable software is available. However, we don't have a domain and the
> only server software I've had any experience of in the past (MDaemon
> which isn't freeware) can only be set up for computers on a domain.
>
> Ideally the local server software would be able to act as an
> intermediary and store emails destined for a list of nominated addresses
> so that they could be retrieved by the recipient computers on a local
> basis.
>
> I'm not optimistic as I don't see how such an arrangement would be able
> to allow external emails to arrive and to be sent out.
>
> Another option would be for me to obtain seven addresses with another
> free email provider, one which doesn't have a delay at the server.
>
> Any advice? Would be grateful for suggestions (preferable simple)
>
> Thanks,
>
> John S

'Hamster classic' - you set it up as a local SMTP/POP/NNTP server and it
can also transmit/receive to the interweb if you want.

<http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl/misc/hamster_en.html>