Rubens Kuhl Jr. writes on 11/8/2003 7:51 PM:
Sometimes outsourcing corporate / isp mail handling to a provider like us, criticalpath, postini etc might be a good way to go.
Outsourcing is usually a good way to get a solution with expertise instead of a next->next->finish software installation and license to use it... but for ISP use, integration with internal OSS (billing, tech-support etc.) seems to be a challenge. Outsourcing costs also keeps most ISPs from using such a solution, unless time-to-market is the one and only criteria.
Well - there are ways (such as that the outsourcer only handles the MX for the domain[s], and then routes all inbound mail to the ISP, who handles file storage / pop3 / webmail). Or an onsite install of the mta / antispam solution etc, updated by the outsourcer (push updates using rsync, for example) but sitting on racks in the ISP's data center. -- srs (postmaster|suresh)@outblaze.com // gpg : EDEDEFB9 manager, outblaze.com security and antispam operations