In part three of this four-part series, we took a look at MX records, and how properly-configured DNS is essential for email hosting. In this final installment, we’ll take a look at ways to insure uninterrupted service and handle high volume for your corporate Macintosh-based email server.

In part two of this four-part series, you set up user accounts, storage restrictions, and authentication methods for new email hosting on an OS X server. This week, we’ll look at what it takes to bring your new mail server up smoothly on your internet domain.

In part one of this four-part series, we took a look at configuring basic email service on OS X Server, determining which domains we’d receive mail for, and what kind of messages we’d allow to get through. This week, you’ll decide whose mail you’ll accept (and distribute), how much of it you can reasonably store, and where to put it all.

Email has become the electronic life’s blood of a company, the primary means used to communicate with co-workers and customers alike. This makes the stability and dependability of your email system the foremost responsibility of any IT team. In this four-part series, we’ll take a look at the best ways to configure new mail service for businesses on OS X Server, and why you might consider other options.

You’ve just bought your art department new Mac Pros. You’ve cleanly imaged the machines, and you’ve carefully migrated the existing user data. Everyone loves their fast new computers, until the first call comes in. Someone went to change the name of a file on their desktop, and what they got instead was a cryptic error message: