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