MS Windows Home Server

Finally finished building my WHS this week, after starting two weks ago, had MAJOR problems with the Install DVD. [Bad Media]

Anyway heres the story so far.
Hardware:
CPU: AMD Athlon64 3000+
Mobo: ASUS A8V-VM
RAM: 1024mb Samsung DDR
NIC: NetGear GA311
PSU: Antec Truepower 350w
Case: Dell Dimension V450 Desktop
D-Bay: Icy Dock 3 Bay SATA [MB235SPF]
HDD: 1 x 500 GB Seagate IDE
2 x 500 GB Seagate SATA

Software:
OS: Windows Home Server RTM
Add-Ins: Whilst Website Management
Remote Notification
WebGuide 4
Other: Windows 2003 Resource Kit
Virtual Server 2005 R2 [Administration Web site]
WMP11 + 3ivx MPEG-4 codecs
Filezilla FTP Server
uTorrent + WebUI [no add-in]
Still looking for a good, easy to use mail server.

I used the complete 'Dell Dimension V450 Desktop' as my WHS till my RC install died. Only had to up the RAM to 512mb and replace the HDD with an 80 GB one.

Welcome

and thanbks for your posts.

I may be asking you questions over the next few months...

Adrian

on the subject of mail servers, i'm currently making a guide on smartermail, it's pretty good. Send us a PM if you want a demo.

@sapper,
No Worries ask away, i'll help out if I can.


@nathan,
I'll take you up on that demo after the holidays.
I've been told i've got 'higher' priorities at the moment.

DSSystems wrote:@sapper,
No Worries ask away, i'll help out if I can.


@nathan,
I'll take you up on that demo after the holidays.
I've been told i've got 'higher' priorities at the moment.

Well i set it up a while back, i'll PM you the details. Same goes for anyone else.

Thats a nice clean interface, very 'better half friendly'

I've got a couple of questions if you don't mind.
Will it work with the xxx.homeserver.com domain or do you need your own personal domain ?

And the killer question, can or will it sync up with Outlook ?

DSSystems wrote:Thats a nice clean interface, very 'better half friendly'

I've got a couple of questions if you don't mind.
Will it work with the xxx.homeserver.com domain or do you need your own personal domain ?

And the killer question, can or will it sync up with Outlook ?

i can get to by going to xxx.homeserver.com/email.

There is an addon for outlook sync, but i think its crap. You can configure outlook to use imap though.

nathan1985 wrote:i can get to by going to xxx.homeserver.com/email.

I was think more along the lines of can I send and receive mail via name@xxx.homeserver.com
But the more i think about the less likely it would be.

DSSystems wrote:

nathan1985 wrote:i can get to by going to xxx.homeserver.com/email.

I was think more along the lines of can I send and receive mail via name@xxx.homeserver.com
But the more i think about the less likely it would be.

Nope, microsoft control these sub-domains and it's unlikely they will forward the MX records to you pc too.

Just buy a domain and point the MX records at your server.

Yeah, thats kind of what I thought they'd do.

Buying the domain isn't a problem, its getting a name thats still available, easy to use and the whole family is happy with.

DSSystems wrote:Yeah, thats kind of what I thought they'd do.

Buying the domain isn't a problem, its getting a name thats still available, easy to use and the whole family is happy with.

aha, that is the hard part!

Take a look at Merak Mailserver.... I used it in the pas and it was flawless.