[cobalt-users] Email for ISP on RAQ3?

["Alan" <alan@xxxxxxxx>]

I'm thinking about becoming an ISP in my area and would like to use my RAQ3
for email and personal webpages. All of the dialup and such will be handled
through a third party, but email and any hosting will be up to me. I want to
know if it is feasible to use the Raq in this situation, it seems ideal, but
I don't want to over load it with too many users. Besides disk space, would
there be any other limiting factors that I should be aware of using it as
such?

I understand it depends on the number of other sites and load and other
factors, but I have determined that the existing 3 sites are trivial with
regards to system resources. I don't plan on allowing any telnet access and
FTP maybe out of the question also. Does any one have any ideas to help me
in my endeavor?

I'm particularly worried that *if* I get a large number of customers, how
would I keep all of them on one server? If I need to add another server just
for email how can this be done? Is the cobalt platform the correct place to
start, I want scalability, is it possible, and at what cost?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated, rather it theoretical or derived
from actual experience.

Thank you,
Alan Dunbar