ServerWatch Staff

NetWin’s SurgeFTP could define the word ambivalence. Here we have an FTP server — not exactly an uncrowded category — with sound features and several unique qualities that are wrapped inside packaging so roughshod it’s difficult to take advantage of the product’s good points. SurgeFTP from NetWin has sound features and several unique qualities. But […]

Unquestionably the premier FTP server for Windows 95/NT, War FTP Daemon is an excellent freeware server designed to meet and exceed all of your needs, whether you’re a novice just starting out or a pro wanting to host a variety of virtual FTP servers. War FTP excels in numerous areas including performance, ease of use, […]

IPSwitch has always been known for its server-side software packages, as well as Internet software clients, such as WS_FTP LE, which is used by the majority of universities around the United States. Its two latest products in both fields keep up the tradition of high-quality, Internet-related software. WS_FTP Server v2.0 sells for $395, and WS_FTP […]

With enhanced Internet connectivity and availability on a wide variety of platforms, Novell’s GroupWise 5.5 — one of the pioneers of the groupware field — gets a long-anticipated facelift and becomes a strong contender for the collaborative tool of choice in the Internet world. 5 — one of the pioneers of the groupware field — […]

IRCPlus is a powerful chat server for the Internet Relay Chat network that makes life a lot easier for administrators. MadWeb NetWorks claims that IRCPlus will support any IRC-compatible chat client, including mIRC, PIRCH, Microsoft Chat, Netscape Chat, GlobalChat, Orbit IRC, and ViRC. We tested the chat server with mIRC and PIRCH and encountered no […]

WircSrv (pronounced WorkServe) is one of the most popular IRC servers on the ‘net. The server owes much of its following to the fact that is one of the easiest IRC server to install, configure, and administer. It also benefits from having versions available for both Windows 3.x and Windows 95/NT. WircSrv includes two applications […]

There’s a vast middle ground between your standard electronic-mail software and a powerful list-server like Listserv. That middle ground is served well by Arrow Mailing List Server. Arrow is designed for creating and managing moderated discussion groups via electronic mail. These mailing lists have become ubiquitous in the Internet world — a moderated list means […]

ListSTAR follows in the steps of other StarNine products like WebSTAR and StarNine Mail Server in that it has the goal of being the most powerful and flexible server of its kind for Macintosh platforms. ListSTAR will allow you to create and maintain standard Internet mailing lists, intranet/LAN-based mailing lists, and automated e-mail response systems […]

One of the first tools ever created for managing mailing lists on the Internet, Majordomo is a UNIX/Perl-based mailing-list manager that, while still quite functional for those working in a UNIX environment, is perhaps a little outdated when compared to both standalone mailing-list managers and e-mail servers with integrated mailing-list capabilities. Majordomo is distributed as […]

Designed for the medium-sized office and educational environments, Avirt Mail Server is a store-and-forward mail server that fetches electronic mail from a larger Internet server and then redistributes the mail to an unlimited number of users. Avirt Mail Server is similar to the SOHO-targeted Avirt Rover mail server, but unlike its companion, Avirt Mail Server […]

There are many Internet users who find it inconvenient to access mail from an e-mail client, preferring instead to access their mail from a Web browser. They may be using a device like WebTV and accessing everything from a Web browser, or they may be corporate road warriors who have Web access but no e-mail […]

Exchange Server 2000 is, at its base level, an e-mail server targeted at the messaging needs of both large and small corporations. The initial release of Exchange was a solid first step into the corporate messaging environment for Microsoft, but the offering fell short in several strategic architectural needs, including its information store, or database. […]