Hi
You should understand at this point that Mercury Mail is an add-on in the form of an executable. The XAMPP developers only basically configured it to work. IF there is a memory leak - its embedded in the complied code. Changing some configuration value (parameter) may change how the code works - but it doesn't change the code - its still a workaround.
This topic here may help you -
http://community.pmail.com/forums/thread/22106.aspxIt contains a couple of straight forward ideas - including what I do for other reasons with XAMPP - using scheduled NET start and stop commands for the service.
Google is your friend
BTW - you don't HAVE to use Mercury - Mailservers are truly free-standing services. You might like Hmail - it is free, excellent and I have used it for years on XP and Server 2003 without a snag.
http://www.hmailserver.com/index.php?page=welcomeGood Luck
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