Configuring and managing Windows web server

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Published on 2011-01-03T01:32:31Z Indexed on 2011/01/03 1:55 UTC
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Hello, I run a few websites and I was thinking of paying for a dedicated Windows web server from GoDaddy instead of paying for each site's hosting individually. I know enough about IIS to configure the Host Header and stuff like that, but I'm a little fuzzy about the email portion of the hosting. I have a few questions:

Do I need to install an SMTP server on the web server to allow for emails to be sent/received to a website email address? Or is there another approach that I'm unaware of?
Are there tools that monitor the amount of bandwidth used by the server? GoDaddy charges for bandwidth and I want to make sure I don't go over.
Am I opening a can of worms that I don't really want to open by going the dedicated server route? Things like server updates, security, etc?

Thanks!

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