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Andrzej Adam Filip

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More options Dec 4 2005, 11:35 am

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

Date: 04 Dec 2005 17:35:49 +0100

Local: Sun, Dec 4 2005 11:35 am

Subject: Re: Who should run a mail server?

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"Andrew Butchart" <and...@floatingbear.ca> writes:
> "David Segall" <da...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:kv26p192jf91k9hga8e8k1irjofe157nmd@4ax.com...
> > What are the pros and cons of running ones own mail server? If a small
> > (fifteen person) company without any computer experts wanted to do so
> > would you encourage or discourage them?

> I would say that you would save a lot of hassle by out-sourcing it. It's
> dead cheap and will save you a lot of hassle. Installing and maintaining
> the software and setting up spam rules etc can take a bunch of staff time.
> Especially now in the world of Sarbanes-Oxley there are a lot of hassles -
> make sure any contract you enter into puts the obligation for compliance
> onto your service provider.

Oustsourcing may be "dead cheap" but only if you do not care about
sercurity of *internal* emails.

IMHO the best way would be to use internal mail server (smtp & pop/imap)
with outsourced:
a) filtering of incoming email (anti-spam & anti-virus protection)
b) handling of outgoing email (smart host or fallback smart host)

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