[CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Matt wrote: I will probably have to design an e-mail (and other components) infrastructure for a small ISP soon (WISP). I'm doing some research to determine which components would be best to offer e-mail services to their client and allow the staff to manage accounts easily.

[CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Matt wrote: It's been awhile since I looked into it, but I recommend outsourcing your email. Companies like fusemail (http://www.fusemail.com/solutions/resellers.html ) will give you accounts at $0.69/month/account for a 1GB account (last time I checked anyway). They provide an API and a dashboa

[CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Bill Campbell wrote: On Thu, Jan 03, 2008, Ugo Bellavance wrote: Hi, I will probably have to design an e-mail (and other components) infrastructure for a small ISP soon (WISP). See my previous post on sizing mail servers. The setup there is in use at several of our regional ISP customers,

[CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Ralph Angenendt wrote: Gary Richardson wrote: It's been awhile since I looked into it, but I recommend outsourcing your email. Erks. I wonder why *anyone* in his sane mind would do so (okay, here it is smallish ISP but I - as a customer - trust my ISP to handle my mail and would get another IS

[CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Christopher Chan wrote: Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Friday 04 January 2008 10:30:32 Ugo Bellavance wrote: AFAIK, redundancy for mail server seldom uses linux-ha/any other failover stuffs. It is most common to use 'backup MX' in DNS settings. So, when the main server in unreachable, the sender mai

Re: [CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Friday 04 January 2008 10:30:32 Ugo Bellavance wrote: AFAIK, redundancy for mail server seldom uses linux-ha/any other failover stuffs. It is most common to use 'backup MX' in DNS settings. So, when the main server in unreachable, the sender mail server would try to the

Re: [CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

ah but if you give them a quality product(even outsourced) and it works for them while you won't see the extra fees up front it will pay off in terms of they will call on you later for more help AND you will get referrals from others. Ugo Bellavance wrote: Gary Richardson wrote: It's been awh

Re: [CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

On Friday 04 January 2008 10:30:32 Ugo Bellavance wrote: > > AFAIK, redundancy for mail server seldom uses linux-ha/any other failover > > stuffs. It is most common to use 'backup MX' in DNS settings. So, when > > the main server in unreachable, the sender mail server would try to the > > secondary

[CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Gary Richardson wrote: It's been awhile since I looked into it, but I recommend outsourcing your email. Companies like fusemail (http://www.fusemail.com/solutions/resellers.html ) will give you accounts at $0.69/month/account for a 1GB accoun

[CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Fajar Priyanto wrote: On Friday 04 January 2008 00:09:06 Ugo Bellavance wrote: I think that squirrelmail and horde would do a good job for webmail. There shoudn't be any troubles having some redundancy for DNS, web servers, mtas, but what about IMAP/POP? linux-HA? MySQL replication sho