XP Pro as a server?

[Guest]

Does the 10 simultaneous connection limit apply, if XP Pro is used as an
email server?

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314882
POP3 & SMTP are protocols. DUH! Thus, I suspect the anwer to my question
is yes, but I would like the opinion of someone smarter than I am smart.

I am considering the use of MailTraq. http://www.mailtraq.com/275/section.nc

WC

 

[Chuck]

Does the 10 simultaneous connection limit apply, if XP Pro is used as an
email server?

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314882
POP3 & SMTP are protocols. DUH! Thus, I suspect the anwer to my question
is yes, but I would like the opinion of someone smarter than I am smart.

I am considering the use of MailTraq. http://www.mailtraq.com/275/section.nc

WC

Wiley,

This is a very interesting topic, and one that deserves study. The article
314882 states:
"This limit includes all transports and resource sharing protocols combined. For
Windows XP Home Edition, the maximum number of other computers that are
permitted to simultaneously connect over the network is five.

This limit is the number of simultaneous sessions from other computers the
system is permitted to host. This limit does not apply to the use of
administrative tools that attach from a remote computer."

POP3 and SMTP are services, which use TCP. TCP should count as one connection,
or one transport. Note the caveat:

"Per development: The connection limit refers to the number of redirector-based
connections and is enforced for any file, print, named pipe, or mail slot
session. The TCP connection limit is not enforced, but it may be bound by legal
agreement to not permit more than 10 clients."

Have you also read 328459 "Troubleshooting Server Message Block inbound
connection limit..."?
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328459

Remember that TCP sessions are not long lasting, like file sharing connections.
File sharing connections may last for hours, or can be truncated by the timeout
period (see 314882). TCP sessions take seconds to complete.

This question, in general, has come up before in this forum and others. I think
the general agreement is that TCP sessions are not subject to the 10 connection
limit. My guess is that, if TCP sessions are subject to the 10 connection limit
in any way, that will be 10 simultaneous TCP sessions over just a few seconds,
not over hours like file sharing. I would bet that 10 mail client sessions will
service way more than a 10 computer workgroup.

We will look forward to how your Mailtraq setup works for you.

 

[Guest]

There should be no problem with this, the 10-connection limit applies to
authenticated sessions such as file-shares. It doesn't apply to TCP
connections. (If it did then surfing just one website might take-up your
entire allocation, if that site links to offsite reources)

 

[Chuck]

There should be no problem with this, the 10-connection limit applies to
authenticated sessions such as file-shares. It doesn't apply to TCP
connections. (If it did then surfing just one website might take-up your
entire allocation, if that site links to offsite reources)

Ian,

Come on, the limit is for incoming connections, and from multiple hosts. Don't
confuse them by citing outgoing access to a single external server.

 

[Ron Lowe]

My understanding is that the Inbound connection limit is implimented in the
File and Print sharing ( 'Windows server' ) service. Other services which
you install should not be limited.

I have not, however, tested this.