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Comment Running your own mail server is too much trouble! (Score 1) 436

What started as a hobby hosting my own Exchange server for family and friends slowly became a part time job. From making sure the system was backed up regularly, to battery backed up, and not to mention making sure my internet connection was not disrupted by other projects eventually made the whole thing way more work and responsibility than I signed up for. Once the server went down while I was on vacation, and I felt terrible. I slowly migrated all my users off my Exchange server onto GMAIL for domains over the last few months and since then I've slept alot better at night. Once the project went from fun to work, It was more trouble than it was worth.
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Submission + - Congress Creates Copyright Cops (arstechnica.com)

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes: "Not satisfied with pitiful potential penalties of $150,000 for infringing upon a $0.99 song, Congress is proposing new copyright cops in the "PRO IP" Act of 2007, specifically the creation of the Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Representative (USIPER). They also feel that the authorities need the authority to seize any computers used for infringement and to send copyright cops abroad to help other countries enforce US laws. MPAA boss Dan Glickman praised the bill saying that, "films left costs foreign and domestic distributors, retailers and others $18 billion a year," though Ars points out that it allegedly costs the studios only $6 billion. However, even with the support of most of the top members of the House Judiciary Committee, the bill may require more work before it passes: USIPER needs a cooler acronym that doesn't sound like a combination of usurper and Lucifer."

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