We're looking at moving to a dedicated server. We had originally decided on a Linux box, one that we woul dbe totally responsible for (installation, configuration, etc.).

However, we don't have this expertise in-house and are hoping for a more managed option (web interface for aliases, etc.). Yet, we don't want to los the ability to telnet for various reasons.

So, we have two choices: Linux box with telnet but no simple interface with which we are used to from VServers. We will hve to learn how to create accounts, assign IPs, create aliases, MX stuff, create FTP accounts, and more.

If we go with Cobalt, we'll get an admin interface WITH telnet.

What would everyone suggest? Is Cobalt compaitble with all the software out there, especially Links SQL? How difficult is it to do what we do (aliases, virtmaps, ftp accounts, domain setup) in Linux, via telnet?

Any opinions are more than welcome.