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Hi Neil 2008/12/5 Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:04:47 +0000 > "Richard Brown" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Firstly, how do mail servers run please? Is it possible to host it >> locally where we pull all the mail to a machine which the users then >> connect to to collect mail? > > IMAP. > >> Is this a better service performed online? > > The difference is speed - or apparent speed - of getting new email. If > you connect directly to the IMAP server at an ISP or webhost > (e.g. UKFSN) then you will get notification of new email immediately > that the email client connects. If you bring the mail into the intranet > then some form of polling is usually required and that introduces a > time delay. This means that even if the user connects to the local > mailbox repeatedly during a specific period, if the polling has not > happened, new email will not show up even if it exists at the external > mailbox. If you retain the external connection, people can retrieve > email outside work. If you bring it internally, you have a chance to > archive it for local records etc. Running a local mail server as an > external mailbox can be a lot of work - you have to deal with the spam > for one thing. IMHO, better to pay someone like UKFSN to do all the > spam and security stuff across a large number of email accounts rather > than try to implement your own method yourself. Users then have the > chance to use email outside work, via the external IMAP. > >> They have a web hosting package but the hosting agents don't want to >> host mail. Is it possible to separate the two then? > > Yes. > I suppose if we take the hosted route I could simply include web hosting and set-up groupware etc as part of the whole package. Separate to that would it be possible to run gnucash as an alternative to Sage. I'm just looking at the gnucash website but I thought I would ask direct. -- Kind regards Rich http://www.cregy.co.uk Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Romans 12 v 1 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html