[ale] Internet connection question

[Walter Sams]

I must admit to wanting to have an easy solution FAST-sans M$-
My biggest problem is how to incorporate office solutions into my office 
without me having to take a 6 month leave to learn how to be a sysadmin.



I am looking for a solution which when set up properly will not require a 
large amount of time to maintain, as I am outsourcing sysadmin work.  I spend 
40-50 hours a week in preparing bids on work we do and managing jobs in 
progress.  I have little time to learn a new trade.  I am keeping all of the 
information I get from yall hear on this list to show to my IT person (a 
young person 24, he has to learn some of this stuff as he goes)--
so we can decide what to do..

A note to all on this list--- having these varied opinons is very helpfull to 
me in making my plans.  Most books do not express the experiences and 
opinions I see here.

Your willingness to share knowledge is appreciated.


On Wednesday 07 April 2004 02:34 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> Brian Chase wrote:
> > Well, external hosting may save you some money, but your linux box
> > won't be doing the heavy lifting then.  Alot depends on how many
> > accounts you'll need to host and how many integrated services you'd
> > like to run off it.  I like the flexibility of doing it myself
> > because I can create an unlimited number of email accounts on the fly
> > for no additional charges, but if you've got just a few people in
> > your organization, I think it turns out cheaper to do it all on an
> > offsite hosting service. You'll be ahead of the game with hosting it
> > yourself if you want to do a "Groupware" solution similar to MS
> > Exchange, with calendar, to-do, etc...
>
> Knowing what I know about Walter and his business, he's not interested
> in 'doing it himself.'  The right solution is to push the headache of
> mail hosting to a hosting service.  He will not likely exceed the 50
> email addressed offered via 1and1.  Unlike myself and other's on this
> list, Walter's main interest in Linux is efficiently running his
> business and ridding himself of the Microsoft burden.  He's not likely
> to set up his own mail server for the learning experience it will gain him.
>
> Walter is the kind of guy we need more of.  A businessman who sees a
> better solution in running his business.
>
> He doesn't need a static IP.  Walter, correct me if I'm wrong, but
> you're interested in getting a working solution as quickly and
> painlessly as possible.
>
> 1and1 uses Linux servers by the way.