Hardware
The minimum hardware requirements for GFI MailEssentials are:
- Processor: 2GHz with multiple cores
- Memory (RAM): 2GB dedicated for GFI MailEssentials
- Disk space: 10GB dedicated for GFI MailEssentials
Note that the above requirements depend on a range of factors including email volume and number of Anti Virus engines enabled.
Software
- Any version of Microsoft Windows Server (64-bit) from 2008 R2 onwards. (excluding Server Core)
- Microsoft IIS SMTP service or Microsoft Exchange Server 2010/2013/2016
- Microsoft IIS World Wide Web service
- Microsoft Messaging Queuing Service (MSMQ)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 4/4.5
- ASP.NET & Windows Authentication role services when installing on Windows Server 2008 R2 onwards
- Microsoft SQL Server/Microsoft SQL Server Express (free) is suggested for the Reporting engine database for installs with more than 100 mailboxes.
Discontinued
- McAfee and VIPRE AVs have been discontinued.
- Microsoft Exchange 2007 is no longer supported.
- Microsoft Windows 2008 is no longer supported.
Click here for a full list of system requirements
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