[CentOS] Re: Mail server setup for small ISP

Fri Jan 4 18:07:36 UTC 2008
Ugo Bellavance <ugob at lubik.ca>

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 dashboard for managing it. They
>> also handle backups, I believe (read the fine print before you trust me). I
>> think there is spam filtering and anti-virus built in too.
> 
> Kept thinking that as well.  Only issue is that 0.69 x 2000 equals a
> pretty good chunk of change for us.  One thing I would reccommend
> though is putting it in a colocation facillity rather then local.
> Also start with a beefy machine because its a real pain to upgrade
> later.

I don't know if they have space already, but I agree on colocation.  For 
the upgrade, I'll probably virtualize it, so it is easy to upgrade the 
host when needed.

Regards,

Ugo