New MacMini with SLS as Mail Service

Hi to all,
my company needs to replace the older Mail Server (a DP powerPC / macosx server10.4),
we're targeting on MacPro 2.66 quadcore but i take a look at MiniMac shipped with SLserver and a double HardDisk and i think it's very interesting.
Considering that our Mail Service now supports 40-50 email accounts (maybe 60 in near future) , some of them with a huge daily traffic, does anyone of you tried macmini in this network situation?
What's your opinion about?
thank you

I have an original CoreDuo Mac Mini. I had been successfully using it with a 32" Sony Bravia LCD TV for more than two years using the DVI-VGA adapter and a standard VGA cable. After updating to OS 10.5.3 or later, I suddenly lost support for the VGA connection. When I reverted back to 10.5.2 things worked fine with the VGA port. I recently needed to update to 10.5.4 and the same thing happened. So, I purchased the Belkin DVI-HDMI cable and now works again, but I had to buy an HDMI switcher because my TV only has one HDMI connection. I guess the video drivers in 10.5.3 and 10.5.4 for the Mac Mini seemed to be the culprit in whacking out the VGA output.

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