Mail server specifications

    Supported protocols and their corresponding port numbers: SMTP (port 25), POP3 (port 110), IMAP (port 143), AppleShare IMAP administration (port 626), PASS (port 106), Finger (port 79), and Notify Mail (port 79)
    Maximum message size: 512 megabytes (MB)
    Maximum recipients per message (before expansion of group names): 4096
    Supported character size: Eight-bit transparent for interoperability with two-byte character sets
    Shared folder support conforms to Internet standard RFC 2086
    Maximum number of transfers per POP connection: 2048
    Maximum number of incoming SMTP connections: 1024
    Maximum number of outgoing SMTP connections: 64
    Maximum number of POP and IMAP connections: 2048
    Maximum number of IMAP folders per user: 1000
    Maximum number of messages per IMAP folder: 1000
    Maximum folder name size: 128 bytes
    Maximum IMAP folder path depth: 32 folders or 256 characters
    Maximum number of unique messages stored on the mail server: Approximately one million
    Maximum size of the AppleShare IP Mail Data file: 2 gigabytes (GB)

    Note: The maximum number of connections is also dependent on the amount of memory allocated to the mail server program and the speed of the server's processor.

 


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