About LuxSci
LuxSci, The Company
Lux Scientiae (LuxSci) is a Massachusetts corporation founded in 1999 by Erik Kangas, PhD, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. LuxSci's core business provides secure, premium email and web services, backed by the best in Spam and virus filtering and superior customer service. LuxSci provides services for thousands of clients located all over the world -- from individuals, 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.
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 a better and safer place, and treating our clients with the respect and fairness they deserve.
- We believe in continually expanding our services and features to meet the growing needs of our clients and the marketplace.
- We do not sell bulk email services and do not support Spam or unsolicited commercial email in any way.
A LuxSci Chronology
LuxSci keeps a public archive of all important releases, feature additions, and important news; this is known as the "LuxSci Chronology".
Proceed to the LuxSci Chronology »
A LuxSci Overview
We have prepared a PDF document for you to download that extensively discusses LuxSci's services, philosophy, infrastructure, and features.
Download: LuxSci Overview Document (PDF; 145 Kb)
LuxSci Infrastructure
All of LuxSci's production servers are located in the premium data centers of Rackspace. Additionally, our infrastructure includes:
- 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
- Sendmail, University of Washington IMAP, OpenSSL, Apache, GPG, Procmail, MySQL
