[quote user="Thomas R. Stephenson"]

Mercury is certainly not needed but I've found it very useful for handling all the mail for the users on the lan.  It works especially well when used in conjunction with Pegasus Mail.

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Thank you for this reply and the information, I have so much to learn and so little time to get things done.  I am going to go with just Pegasus for now, maybe later that other part could be added.  Still working on learning more about Pegasus, now needing to learn about Vista, have two or three other computers I want to setup for other tasks, still need to save some of my information on the XP that crashed on me.  Not to forget my tasks here at home, cooking, cleaning, washing, cut the grass, bath for the dogs, and me once in a while.

 I think it will be just Pegasus for awhile.  TIA,

I am a little ambitious and just wonder if Mercury would be required for a small Home based LAN?  About three or four older computers linked for my learning and my Wife's pleasure.  Mostly for e-mail and some browsing.

TIA,

Mercury is certainly not needed but I've found it very useful for handling all the mail for the users on the lan.  It works especially well when used in conjunction with Pegasus Mail.