LuxSci, The Web & Email Hosting Company

Lux Scientiae®

Lux Scientiae (LuxSci) is a Massachusetts secure web & email hosting service founded in 1999 by Erik Kangas, Ph.D., a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LuxSci's core business provides secure, premium email and web services, backed by the very best in spam and virus filtering and superior customer service. LuxSci provides services for thousands of clients located throughout the world -- from individual users, to Internet portals, to large corporations. We are constantly growing and expanding, and we look forward to serving your Internet needs, from basic email utilities to complete IT outsourcing solutions. Whether you are looking for a small business email hosting company or a premium and large scale email provider, LuxSci can assist you to achieve your email outsourcing goals.

What Does "Lux Scientiae" Mean?

"Lux Scientiae" is Latin for "the light of knowledge." It is pronounced looks skee-en-tee-eye, but you can call us "LuxSci" (luck sigh) for short!

LuxSci's Philosophy

• We believe that our clients' satisfaction is of the utmost importance: we strive to provide the best and most responsive support possible -- no matter how large or small the client.
• We believe in providing the most secure and private email environment possible.
• We pledge to conduct our business in an ethical manner: providing constructive services that make the Internet an improved and safer place, and treating our clients with the respect and fairness they expect.
• We believe in continually expanding our services and features to meet the growing needs of our clients and the marketplace.
• We do not support spam or unsolicited commercial email.

LuxSci Blog

LuxSci keeps a public archive of all important releases, feature additions, important news, and other details; this is known as the "LuxSci FYI Blog".

• The LuxSci FYI Blog

A LuxSci PDFs and Videos

• PDF Portfolio - all PDFs available for download.
• Videos - Overviews and HOWTOs.

LuxSci Infrastructure

All of LuxSci's production servers are located in premium data centers that include:

• SAS/70 Certification
• Biometric access controls
• A multi-homed network with redundant OC12 and higher connections to many backbone providers such as AT&T, MCI, WilTel, Sprint, Qwest, Internap, and UUNET.
• SCSI RAID 5 DISK Subsystems for your email data
• N+1 Redundant Failover UPS Power Supplies backed by generators
• Enterprise Redhat Linux and CentOS
• Sendmail, Panda IMAP, OpenSSL, Apache, GPG, Procmail, MySQL
• Nuevasync: Partner for mobile synchronization