On Monday 24 October 2005 10:37, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 11:29 -0400, Mark wrote:
> > Can anyone who has done it comment on the downside (if any) of
> > bringing email in-house, as opposed to continuing to pay a hosting
> > provider? My plan is to have a separate server, sitting by itself in
> > the DMZ, so the internal LAN should remain relatively safe. The DSL
> > provider we use will host the DNS records (MX). We have a top-notch
> > firewall already in place, but this is the first step we've taken
> > toward making anything available inbound, so I'm cautiously
> > optimistic.
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> > [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own]
>
> I have an in-house mail server. In my experience, the only problem I
> have with it is when our cable Internet goes out. I pay $99USD a month
> for cable Internet with a static IP and the cable usually goes out for a
> couple of hours on the weekends (grrr). Other than that I haven't
> really had any problems with it...
this might be a little off-topic, but zoneedit.com will provide a
store-and-forward backup mx for like $10/year. That's what I use.
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