The NIMS evaluation code is fully functional and is intended to be used in evaluating NIMS for up to 60 days. All messages sent with the evaluation code will indicate that an evaluation copy of NIMS was used. The evaluation code is version 3.0 and can be patched with any available NIMS 3.x updates from support.novell.com. These updates can be found at http://support.novell.com/filefinder/14158/index.html. It is highly recommended that evalution code be updated to the current release level.

NIMS is a standards-based email and calendaring system supporting any POP, IMAP or iCal compatible email/calendaring client. It is a very high-performing and scalable messaging system which runs on NetWare 5.1 (SP3), and NetWare 6 (Note: NetWare 5.0 is *not* supported), Solaris 8 or Red Hat Linux 7.x with the 2.4 Linux kernel.

NIMS requires NDS eDirectory which must be installed before installing NIMS.