Mac OS 9 Email Server

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Mac OS 9 Email Server

Is there anywhere I can find email server software that will run on Mac OS 9? I plan to use my old Power Macintosh 8500 running OS 9.1 as an email server, but I am not sure if there is any software still available. If there isn't, I can upgrade the processor to a G3 and install OS X but I'd prefer to keep that as a last resort.

PowerBook 180, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier

Posted on Apr 25, 2009 2:47 PM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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Apr 25, 2009 5:55 PM in response to Hadye

If you really mean an email server, that collects and stores email for multiple users and has a Web Address and communicates on the web using mail protocols, then I think you are out of luck.

If you mean an email station, at which you sit to read and answer your (mostly text) emails, there may be a few older programs that would still work.

Eudora, Claris emailer, and Outlook Express come to mind, as well as the email portion of Netscape Navigator.

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Apr 25, 2009 8:28 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thank you for your help. I do mean an email server. I heard of a program called AppleShare IP that can run on even system 7. This website is run from a Power Macintosh 8100 running system 7.6: http://main.system7today.com/macos76server.html

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Jan Hedlund

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Apr 25, 2009 8:36 PM in response to Hadye

Eudora Internet Mail Server (commercial), which can be found through a link here, could possibly be of interest to you. Old freeware versions (EIMS 1) appear to be available, too (via an FTP link here).

Jan

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Hadye Author

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Apr 25, 2009 8:49 PM in response to Jan Hedlund

The older versions appear to support both Mac OS X and OS 9, which solves my problem. Thank you both for the help. EDIT: I cannot tell if the downloads page you linked me to is a list of software for receiving email (such as mozilla thunderbird or microsoft outlook) or software for setting up your own email server, which is my intention.

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Jan Hedlund

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Apr 25, 2009 9:09 PM in response to Hadye

Hi,

I cannot tell if the downloads page you linked me to is a list of software for receiving email (such as mozilla thunderbird or microsoft outlook) or software for setting up your own email server, which is my intention.

Do you mean the second link above? If so, click on the "Previous Installers" FTP link and then on eims1.

Jan

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Jan Hedlund

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Apr 25, 2009 10:42 PM in response to Jan Hedlund

Addendum

Just to clarify, this web page (with the commercial Eudora Internet Mail Server) is the one that you should have found via the first link above.

BTW, if you are interested in FTP server software for older Macs (or hosting a web site), you may want to have a look at the (now) free NetPresenz.

Jan

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Apr 26, 2009 1:02 PM in response to Hadye

If you want to use AppleShareIP, version 6 would be a better choice. Its main reason for being is to support multiple interchangeable logins for schools and corporations, so I do not know how good its email server is.

Although there is still a forum for older Mac OS X Server products, there is no forum for AppleShareIP. Apple considers it very obsolete.

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