Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

SPECmail2008

SPECmail2008 is a software benchmark designed to measure a system's ability to act as an enterprise mail server servicing email requests based on the Internet standard protocols SMTP and IMAP4. The benchmark concentrates on the workload encountered by corporate mail servers, with an overall user count in the range of 250-5,000 users. It models IMAP business users accessing IMAP servers over fast local area networks (LAN) instead of broadband, WAN or dialup access speeds.

Results

Submitted Results
Results published since the release of the benchmark in August 2008.

Press Information

SPECmail2008 Press Release

Benchmark Documentation

• SPECmail2008 User's Guide   (05/27/2008)
• SPECmail2008 Run and Reporting Rules (07/17/2008)
• SPECmail2008 FAQ (05/27/2008)
• SPECmail2008 Design Document (06/02/2008)

Issues Installing/Running SPECmail2008
Installation/runtime issues raised by users of the benchmark.

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