Sorry 'bout that. Tried to get a Postfix-users off list reply back on list and fat fingered the auto-complete in T-bird.
My apologies. -- Stan Stan Hoeppner put forth on 2/12/2010 11:11 PM: > Jonathan Tripathy put forth on 2/12/2010 5:05 PM: >> Hi Stan, > > Hi. Try to keep the discussions on list so everyone can assist. > >> You've hit a very good question. They don't currently have an office >> email system. Staff are using their personal Hotmail accounts when they >> need to send the odd email. Do you see why I orignally was going to get >> a 256MB RAM VM to allow them to have 50 or so email accounts? > > No, I can't. I can understand your thought process, but it's wrong. Leaving > a > really bad situation for another one that's not quite as bad is not the same > as > going to a good situation. Architect a solution that fits the client's needs, > not a solution that's just a little better than what they have, but overall > still doesn't come close to meeting their needs. > >> Just some other company has come in saying that they'll do 600, and even >> though my price is much cheaper, it's now being seen as "too cheap"... > > Bid the job right. Write up a proposal explaining what they need, why they > need > it, and how much it's going to cost. > >> I was thinking this server: >> >> http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/dedicatedservers/linux-servers/ds300-linux/ > > You're still not looking at this from the proper perspective. You're looking > at > ISP rented colo offerings and trying to match one you think might fit the > client's need. This is called an "ass backwards" approach to system design. > > Identify the client's needs, then architect the system, then pick the > hardware, > vendors and providers that best fit that need. > > You didn't mention what their broadband connection speed is. We need to know > that to help you properly architect this thing. The lower that bandwidth, the > greater the need to have the mail server on site and not in a colo. > > To be completely honest, from what I've seen from you to this point, it sounds > like everyone in this scenario might be better off just using Google apps. > Charge a decent "conversion" fee, add in some training, and once they're up > and > running you don't have to "manage the box", which it seems you're not really > up > to anyway. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
