You can certainly do what you suggest with a new Linux PC. But given the scenario you described, I would suggest you think twice about that solution.
You have a very common problem, and it is usually handled by the routers. I would strongly suggest getting with your WAN provider and have them setup a high priority for a particular port like ssh within the wan network for remote admin. Or if email is the only issue, you could lower the priority for that. Or if you control the email server, you could reduce the maximum message size. There are also ways to set priority (urgent, critical) flags within the packets from say an administrators station across a network if the routers on the WAN are configured to honor them.
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