One other thing you might want to consider, though this digs a little deeper into the technical skill requirements arena, is something like the now fully open sourced Xenserver (http://www.xenserver.org/) or maybe even VMWare's vSphere Free Edition (http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor). These are virtualization hosting platforms. Xenserver would be the most able to fit on to off-the-shelf hardware. What a virtualization host allows you to do is setup multiple virtualized "guests" (virtual machines as opposed to physical/hardware machines). Each is like having a separate physical server as far as the network and your users are concerned.
You can install something like Zimbra on one virtual guest. Then setup, say, a different guest Linux server to run a ticket/helpdesk system, whatever. There are also tons of pre-built free linux-based "virtual appliances" at sites like Turnkey Linux (http://www.turnkeylinux.org/) for all sorts of applications, each its own "virtual server" - all this running on a single (potentially) host server running Xenserver or vSphere ESXi. As for Mailman, Zimbra has a distribution list mechanism builtin, but it may or may not be suitable for your needs, but it's there. And, there may be a virtual appliance for something like Mailman out there as well. A couple of other pluses on Xenserver is that you can buy commercial support from Citrix if you want it, and since they open sourced their enterprise product last year, you can add a second, third, ., Xenserver host and then create a pooled cluster for better resiliency and distribution. VMware has an entry level "paid" license, but it does not include the enterprise grade clustering that Xenserver has. Just some food for thought. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark J. Bailey Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [nlug] Help Wanted For drop in, full feature email system on linux, open source version of Zimbra is hard to beat: http://www.zimbra.com/products/zimbra-collaboration/zimbra-open-source.htm l But I've also seen a lot of recent mentions of iRedMail: http://iredmail.org/ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wesley Duffee-Braun Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nlug] Help Wanted Hello Joe, Vicki - When you say "recover from hardware failure" do you mean "recover with a hardware reboot and/or backups" or do you mean "high availability" ? Thanks, Wesley On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: I need help. I work for a school system and am trying to accomplish a few things on a tight budget (I think we have some money for consulting). I know I can do what I have in mind on a Linux server or two but I am lacking some experience. I am looking for someone who can help me get up to speed. Some of the things I would like to do are: * Set up a mail server that will relay email messages from our student data system without becoming an open relay for spammers. * Setup up Mailman and be able to recover from hardware failure, etc. * Setup a work order system (thinking osTicket) and be able to recover from hardware failure, etc. * Possibly set up a web server with a CMS and be able to recover from hardware failure, etc. * Possibly set up an internal DNS server to take the load off our Domain Controller. I am at the point where I have actually all this at one time or another on a test server, I just don't feel comfortable with what I know moving forward into production. 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