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Andrzej Adam Filip

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More options Dec 6 2005, 8:50 am

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From: Andrzej Adam Filip <a...@priv.onet.pl>

Date: 06 Dec 2005 14:50:34 +0100

Local: Tues, Dec 6 2005 8:50 am

Subject: Re: Who should run a mail server?

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David Segall <da...@nowhere.net> writes:
> Andrzej Adam Filip <a...@priv.onet.pl> wrote:

> >"Frankster" <Fr...@SPAM2TRASH.com> writes:

> >> > company without any computer experts

> >> There's the key. Don't do it. Mail servers are very much a
> >> non-trivial endeavour.

> >Mail servers with oustsourced AV and AS protection and queuning of
> >outgoing email can be trivial. All things beyond AV, AS and
> >investigating/solving delivery problems are pretty simple (IMHO).

> Given that installation and managing users is common to both
> outsourced and in-house servers what tasks have I missed that are
> "pretty simple"?

It is a matter of scale. A few thousands+ heavy email users can produce
constant stream of "(small) problems to fix". Less than 20 users under
one boss are much easier to manage and it is easier to use "non
technical" solutions [ sticks & carrots :-) ]

If users have AV software installed on their workstations (assumed MS
usage) then you should expect hardly any problems except "mailbox
overload" after first 2 "burn-in" weeks [for *small* firm installation
with outsource AS, AV and outgoing queuning] *IMHO*.

AS and AV protection faces "intelligent enemy" - you should not blindly
assume that good solution today is going to be solution next quarter.

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