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The Bottom Line
Mail Express is a small but useful outgoing mail server that lets you send messages everywhere — and fast.
Pros
- Mail Express is a simple and efficient outgoing mail server
- Lets you send emails everywhere
- Mail Express is fast and multithreaded
Cons
- Mail Express does not implement queuing well
Description
- Mail Express lets you send emails regardless of the current network connection and bypassing ISP mail servers.
- Works with any email program as a small local SMTP server.
- Automatically detects internet connections and the appropriate DNS servers.
- Can accept outgoing mail from all users in a LAN, the sending engine supports a socks proxy.
- Detailed logging and custom error messages allow you to monitor and troubleshoot.
- Mail Express supports Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Guide Review - Mail Express 2002 2.9b
If you use the same computer at more than one location, with more than one Internet connection you certainly know the problem: every connection needs its own outgoing mail server, because every ISP only accepts mail from their own users.
This means changing the SMTP server settings in your email client every time you switch connections. The much easier and efficient alternative? Run your own outgoing mail server.
With Mail Express, this is not nearly as difficult as it sounds. Install the utility, change your outgoing mail server to "127.0.0.1" (once!) and use email like you did before. Mail Express accepts the mails you send, and if you are connected delivers them directly to the recipient bypassing any other mail server.
