offloading email is not nessecerily a function of DNS. You can cluster email too. ISPs typically use clusting or load balancing rarely DNS based today. However, hosting companies rarely load balance email for their clients. Typically a clients information in the hosting world is all one one box (email, dns, web, database, ftp, etc).
-brandon On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 17:28, Lee wrote: > So the answer is really "Actually yes, BUT hosting software is many > times all inclusive."? > > Brandon L. Newport wrote: > > > Actually no...hosting software is many times all inclusive. Plesk for > > instance includes MySQL, PostgreSQL, Qmail, Apache (frontpage, php, > > python, cgi, etc), DNS and you can purchase other addons like > > ColdFusion. It allows APPWS the ability to quickly and easily setup and > > maintain our customers. You can get in and custom configure many things > > too if so desired. > > > > -brandon > > > > On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 16:38, Lee wrote: > > > >>Isn't offloading email more a function of DNS (MX records) than web > >>hosting software? > >> > >>Jay Barrett wrote: > >> > >>>I have used Plesk for several years now and love it. It is great > >>>for managing multiple domains. And its simple interface enables me > >>>to let somebody else manage the email accounts. It is not free but > >>>the time I have saved by offloading email more than justifies it. > >>> > >>>Regards, > >>>Jay > >>> > >>>On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 10:11, John Turner wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>I am looking for comments/suggestions on some web hosting software. > >>>>What I need is something that can help me isolate several sites on the > >>>>same box that are maintained by different groups of people. If you have > >>>>used/tried a package let me know what you liked/disliked. > >>>> > >>>>Thanks, > >>>>John > > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
