Mercury MTS

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Mercury
Basic data

developer David Harris
Publishing year 1993
Current  version 4.80
(September 1, 2015)
operating system Microsoft Windows
category Mail server
License Shareware
www.pmail.com

The Mercury Mail Transport System is a mail server for POP , SMTP and IMAP .

Overview

The modular system can be controlled either via the command line or a graphical user interface. The advantage of the modular structure is that users only have to put the server modules into operation that are really needed. A content control to combat spam and a mailing list module ( list server) as well as other functions are integrated. Mercury also provides anti-spam and anti-virus functionality through third-party plug-ins .

Mercury supports some special features of the Pegasus Mail mail client from the same developer and therefore works particularly well with it.

history

Mercury has been around since 1993. The original version for NetWare required a smart host to connect to the Internet . It also doesn't support IMAP. There are also versions of Mercury for Microsoft Windows 3.x and MS-DOS . The current generation - Mercury / 32 for Windows 9x and Windows NT - continues to support NetWare.

License

The development of Mercury was stopped for a short time in January 2007 and resumed with a new license model. Since then, Mercury has only been free for charities, personal use, or a two-month trial period. Previously, you only had to pay a fee for additional manuals.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pegasus Mail and Mercury Developer News, September 2015
  2. ↑ Features of the Mercury / 32, v3.32
  3. ↑ E-mail alternative to Exchange: Mercury - Lean Mail Server for Windows, from February 18, 2002, update on November 22, 2007
  4. ↑ Mercury Mail Transport System, NLM version for NetWare servers - Features . David Harris. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ Version Information and Download . David Harris. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  6. ↑ Frequently-Asked Questions - Mercury / 32, capabilities . David Harris. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  7. ↑ It's up to you now . David Harris. January 22, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2011.