>Len, > Thanks for reply. I can tell from this forum that it takes a set of skills >to run a mail server. Assuming that a person does know their OS, Spam and AV >systems, Firewalls, DNS and IMAIL, any idea how much time and personel it >generally takes to monitor and maintain a mail server if there are users in >multiple time zones and over 50,000+ accounts?
very hard to say. I have an IMGate user with about that many distinct recipients/day, both for IMGate and IMGateAV, with Imail as the mailbox server. About 300K msgs/day. afaik, I don't think he spends full time on it, but he must keep an eye on it constantly. Any screw ups in mail flow hit the fan in a big way in a hurry, the mail system is always one breath away from becoming his topmost urgency. I am sure he will say the insurance and protection from IMGate and IMGateAV makes his job much easier, IMail faster, and total mail system more manageable. His IMGate blocks about 50K msgs/day. He also makes money charging for AV scanning. :)) Len Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
