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