battleop
join:2005-09-28
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Re: Email Server
We run several mail servers for different uses. We are running some Plesk boxes for some domains and offering some advanced email hosting on Surgemail.
I went with Surge Mail because of the ease of migrating customers from their current mail server to ours. I also thought the price was not outrageous and they had a ton of features and you could install it on Linux or NT. (I'm running on linux) It scales very nicely from 100 to 100,000 users and it can easily be spread across a cluster in one datacenter or you can spread it across multiple data centers. I am running ours in a Master/Slave config.
We run our own servers because it gives us 100% control plus there is a certain amount of pride that goes with running your own network. Plus we are a traditional ISP and not a virtual one so this is something we have done for a long time. |
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wishcom
Premium
join:2006-06-15
Spring Grove, IL
| Our mailservers are all OpenBSD based and run qmail.
Why? Because that way I can guarantee their security, and maintain them ourselves - like the other gentleman said, I dont trust anyone else to do it right.
co-ndc-2 {102} uptime
3:47PM up 82 days, 21 mins, 11 users, load averages: 3.50, 3.32, 3.05
(typical uptime > 200 days, this one happened to have an upgrade 82 days ago) |
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Keithb
join:2003-09-16
US
| There are several freeware mailservers for Windows that work fairly well. I tested a few of these a while back, to consider handling our own mailserver, but that would put more work on me. Thus, the reason I host ours on my servers since I have tech's to manage also.
Just don't forget that if you run your own mailserver, you'll have to manage it also.
Linux is the preferred choice for me for any web-application, but we have a domain controller that acts as our PDC, local mailserver, local Intranet, file server, and a few other things that will run for 100's of days running Server 2003. As mentioned, only reason for reboot is upgrades.
The Windows method would probably be the simplest method as most people know Windows and it's easier to manage from a tech standpoint without Linux knowledge. |
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peavys
join:2004-03-15
Manor, TX | I use Abyss mail server, a windows product. I spend about 30 hours/year maintaining it, in spite of the fact I am not deeply into email issues. Considering how much $ it saves me, those are 30 very highly paid hours! |
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korym
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ExMod 1999-03
join:1999-12-23
Richmond, VA
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said by wishcom  :co-ndc-2 {102} uptime 3:47PM up 82 days, 21 mins, 11 users, load averages: 3.50, 3.32, 3.05 Not to go off-topic but that's quite a load. Wow.
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