ISP question!!Urgent?

Question

I basically need to know information on what ISP's use and what they have set up? ie. mail server, file server etc. I have been assigned a project, i work for an anti-virus company and they want to offer an ISP one of our packages for there mail server. They are using linux. I just want to know the structure most ISP's use, equipment and software. Would be great if people could direct to maybe some web sites or give me some information.

Thank you for your time

Answer 1

There's portals, servers, backup servers, and mail protocols that all need to be setup. Generally you'd have 2 or more severs setup for Internet usage and 2 or more for mail....the mail servers would have different protocols as they need to be more secure than the Internet servers. All need to be backed up on a separate system that can only be accessed from the head-end. If you are truly looking into setting up an ISP the place you should really start is by contacting one of those "mom and pop" ISP's in your area....some companies would be Athenet, or Family Video as they both setup local ISP's for wherever the "store" is, so they could point you in the right direction.

Answer 2

If you are wanting to offer your service a specific ISP, rather then general information, it would be better to get their specific information. Contact them with your questions, and then the answers you get will be right for them.

There are literally thousands of different set ups, computers, softwares, etc. an ISP could use. So it is best to get "their" set up, not somebody else's or even the most common.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

isp - its who ever supplys you your internet... BT, Tiscali, AOL etc...