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Should I switch to own mail server? - 6.May2008 1:33:11 PM

sohrabir

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Hello,

I'm working for a small lawfirm and we currently have our email system hosted by a 3rd party company. We've been having several issues with this company as far as not receiving emails. The owner now wants to switch to another company or use the SBS 2003 server to host our email.

The previous IT guy set up an internal email domain as company.net and our exchange server hosts this email domain. Will it be possible to add another domain to the exchange server, in particular, company.com? Is it a good idea to host our own email server, or should we just use another company?

Also, if we do decide to host it ourselves, should we buy any hardware/software for Anti-virus/Anti-spam? I was looking at barracuda networks spam firewall model 100. Do we need that?

Any suggestions/comments will be greatly appreciated it.

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RE: Should I switch to own mail server? - 7.May2008 8:42:55 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: sohrabir

Hello,

I'm working for a small lawfirm and we currently have our email system hosted by a 3rd party company. We've been having several issues with this company as far as not receiving emails. The owner now wants to switch to another company or use the SBS 2003 server to host our email.

The previous IT guy set up an internal email domain as company.net and our exchange server hosts this email domain. Will it be possible to add another domain to the exchange server, in particular, company.com? Is it a good idea to host our own email server, or should we just use another company?

Also, if we do decide to host it ourselves, should we buy any hardware/software for Anti-virus/Anti-spam? I was looking at barracuda networks spam firewall model 100. Do we need that?

Any suggestions/comments will be greatly appreciated it.