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NTMail offers SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4 mail services for both dial-up and LAN Internet connections using Windows NT (Intel and Alpha) or Windows 95 platforms. The server was designed from the outset for Windows NT and as a result enjoys several optimization benefits that you won’t find in many of the mail servers ported from […]

With a rather expensive price tag and some questionable support policies, Cassandra needs to be knock-your-socks-off software in order to make it in the crowded news server market. While Cassandra has many outstanding features, it won’t knock your socks off, but it might merit a look if you’re tired of working with hard-to-configure news servers. […]

NetRoad NewsServer is currently the only news server available that will run as a Network Loadable Module (NLM) on existing file servers. The server will allow Netware 3.x/4.x and IntranetWare networks to server and host Internet-based USENET newsgroups as well as Intranet-based local newsgroups. TCP/IP Internet users can access news feeds from NetRoad using any […]

In an era flooded with a spate of high-speed Internet connections, it’s easy to forget those users left behind, limited to a single Internet connection for multiple users. This situation can be found worldwide, but is especially prevalent in Europe, where the high cost of phone line is exacerbated by high per-minute charges. Thus, an […]

The Spaghetti Proxy Server is geared for the vast middle class of Internet installations where a smaller network of 10 or so PCs are linked via a single connection to the Internet. In these situations, you want to keep out unwanted intruders while making sure that the users can access the Internet without any undue […]

Fictional Daemon (FTD) is an impressive telnet/FTP server for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT platforms. The server is free for non-commercial use (commercial users can register a single-user license for $30 or a site license for $200) and implements a number of commands for allowing users to remotely administer computers via the telnet protocol. Fictional […]

NCSA HTTPd remains a popular choice for Web serving duties despite the fact that is has ceased being developed and is no longer supported by NCSA. The server was one of the earliest entrants into the field and has weathered fierce competition from the likes of Netscape, Microsoft, and Apache to remain firmly entrenched in […]

NTFS NTFS is the preferred file system for all computers running Windows XP Professional. The version of NTFS that is in use on Windows XP Professional is called NTFS 5. (Windows 2000 uses version 5 as well.) If you are running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 or later, you can read basic volumes formatted […]

Default NTFS File System Cluster Sizes Partition Size NTFS 7 MB-16 MB 512 bytes 17 MB-32 MB 512 bytes 33 MB-64 MB 512 bytes 65 MB-128 MB 512 bytes 129 MB-256 MB 512 bytes 257 MB-512 MB 512 bytes 513 MB-1,024 MB 1,024 bytes 1,025 MB-2 GB 2,048 bytes 2 GB-4 GB 4,096 bytes 4 GB-8 GB 4,096 bytes 8 GB-16 GB 4,096 bytes 16 GB-32 GB 4,096 bytes 32 GB-2 terabytes 4,096 bytes In summary, the advantages of NTFS 5 are as follows: NTFS uses standard […]

Christopher Rice           SDK stands for Software Development Kit.  You have probably heard that term kicked around in the past and did not know exactly what it meant.  Well, after this article, that will no longer be the case 🙂  SDK stands for Software Development Kit. You have probably heard that term kicked around in […]

“Covalent Enterprise Ready Server (ERS) 2.1 is a complete, integrated package of Web and application server software combined with an advanced Web-based management interface. For this review, I tested the single server edition (SSE) version of ERS on Windows 2000. However, it also runs on Solaris, Linux and HP-UX.” “… Covalent ERS is built upon […]

A MySQL-based authentication module with VirtualHost support was added to the Apache Module Registry. The module for Apache 2.0.x and Mysql 3.23.x is available from http://www.heuer.org/mod_auth_mysql/. The author and maintainer is Ueli Heuer. A MySQL-based authentication module with VirtualHost support was added to the Apache Module Registry.