GFI MailEssentials™ - System requirements

System requirements: Hardware

Processor:

• Minimum: Intel Pentium or compatible 1 GHz 32-bit processor
• Recommended: x64 architecture-based server with Intel 64 architecture or AMD64 platform.

Memory:

• Minimum: 1GB
• Recommended: 2GB RAM

Physical storage:

• Minimum: 500MB for installation, 2GB for execution.
• Recommended: 500MB for installation, 4GB for execution

System requirements: Software

Supported operating systems:

• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard/Enterprise (x86 or x64)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise (x86 or x64)
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 - Standard edition
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 - Standard edition
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 (SP1)

Mail servers:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 (SP2)
• Lotus Domino 6 or higher
• Any SMTP compliant email server

Other components:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0
• Microsoft Message Queuing Services
• Microsoft XML core services: For UK/US English OS this is installed automatically by GFI MailEssentials. For other languages, this can be downloaded from:
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3144B72B-B4F2-46DA-B4B6-C5D7485F2B42&displaylang=en
• Microsoft Virtual Server cluster group resource with a physical disc cluster. This is required only for environments running Microsoft Exchange 2003 clusters.
• MDAC 2.8 (included by default on Windows 2003 or later). This can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=78cac895-efc2-4f8e-a9e0-3a1afbd5922e
• IIS SMTP service (except for Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 environments)
• IIS 6 or 7 WWW service when using Quarantine or Archive Web Interface
• Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects 1.2.1 when installing on Microsoft Exchange 2007 or 2010. This can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E17E7F31-079A-43A9-BFF2-0A110307611E&displaylang=en