I feel that an email server running within the client's LAN, with a
gateway to the internet, provides significant advantages over using an
ISP, that can only be accessed remotely. I think this is the main
reason why the trend for inhouse email servers is increasing. If you
have a client that is managing their own LAN, then they would be a
candidate for an inhouse email server, and if the client's employee
handling the LAN happens to know a little bit about Linux, then that is
icing on the cake. As Linux continues to grab market share, more and
more IT personnel will become proficient with Linux, so there is
opportunity in providing inhouse email servers and inhouse email
consulting for anyone who wants to get into this field.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=162
http://www.greencomputer.com/solutions/email-server.shtml
http://www.open-mag.com/features/Vol_108/email/email.htm
http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=7460/uni1032893910897/ur0209o.htm
Regards,
LelandJ
Ted Roche wrote:
On 7/7/06, Leland Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
I disagree. I think any small company of from 5 to 300 employees would
benefit from an in house mail server. This represents a great
opportunity for anyone that wants to get into providing vital email
communication services.
And here's our fundamental disagreement: the question is what business
are you in? Software development or hosting or both? And what is the
client's expecations? Most clients these days believe the internet is
as reliable as dialtone, and they are off by orders of magnitude. Are
you offering part of the solution, or do you want to be part of the
problem?
My hosting provider has multiple links to different backbones, fire
suppression, backups, disaster recovery plans, a standby generator,
sysadmins with pagers, redundant cross-linked routers and the
electrical and network switchgear to switch over automatically on
failure. They were still down for most of a business day recently.
Most of my clients don't want to hear that the construction equipment
that drove by snagged my DSL line and the telephone company will be by
later this week to run a new cable; they want to read their mail. I am
not interested in providing them with a Service Level Agreement nor
being on-call 24x365.
Same question as before: what business are you in?
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