From: Mike '/m' 


If he is running the server himself, he should be aware of power and
network reliability as well.

 /m

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 09:42:56 -0500, "Geo"  wrote:

>If you are running the smtp/pop server yourself, any should be more than
>reliable enough for your requirements. You just lock access down so only the
>one sender you want can reach port 25. Most reliability issues are caused by
>load, usually generated by spammers using address harvestors or spam
>filters. If they (the spammers) can't hit your server then pop/smtp should
>never be an issue as pretty much all mail servers are very reliable.
>
>I'd suggest the free 5 user version of surgemail if you only need one to 5
>mailboxes. I think it's also got the capability to only allow one IP or one
>block of IP addresses to send to it. (Glenn Meadows would know, he uses it
>daily)
>
>Geo.
>
>"Randall Parker"
>
>wrote in message news:436bd856{at}w3.nls.net...
>> I'm working with a group that needs to get data feeds from remote sensors
>via
>> satellite and the satellite services send the data packets via POP.
>>
>> Well, some pop servers go up and down a lot for service. Here's what I
>want to know:
>>
>> 1) Are any ISPs selling highly reliable pop server accounts?
>>
>> 2) If one wanted to run one's own pop server which pop server will let you
>run the
>> longest without rebooting? We don't need junk mail filtering. We won't use
>the pop
>> server for regualr email at all. We just want a pop server that keeps
>running for
>> many months.
>

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