[PLUG] Fwd: Hosted e-mail recommendations?

[Benjamin Foote]

This says it's free for up to 10 users....

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/standard/new3


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robert Miesen <robert.miesen at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Hosted e-mail recommendations?
To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>


Out of curiosity, is there another solution that offers competitive
pricing for hosting the email accounts on a domain basis? I work for a
small company and we have at least two domains that we would need less
than 5 actual email accounts for total and paying Google $5 -- $10 per
email account seems...unattractive when we really only need basic email
functionality.


On 06/21/2012 22:46, wes wrote:
> +1 for Google Apps. I'll help you set it up if you need.
>
> -wes
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Rick <rdoyle16+plug at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Since you haven't really listed any of the clients email requirements (in
>> terms of security, backups/archives, etc.) it's difficult to say if this
>> will meet your needs... but it's been a life-saver for me...
>>
>> Some people may have strong opinions against it, but I manage our hosted
>> email services at work... we use Google Apps for Domains (I think that's
>> the official name). It's basically a corporate version of GMail+the other
>> Google services (so... if you want it to be... it can be SOOO much more
>> than JUST email... calendar, GoogleDocs, and much, much more).
>>
>> Our users love that it works the same way as their (personal)
GMail/Google
>> accounts.
>>
>> I love that it is incredibly flexible and feature-ful... and not terribly
>> difficult to manage. You can manage it "by hand" through a web interface,
>> or use the APIs to do some more fancy/automated/etc. management.
>>
>> If someone doesn't want to use the usual web interface, it can be used
with
>> any POP or IMAP client... and is fully compatible with iOS, Android (of
>> course), etc. The web version will work on pretty much any web browser
>> (although you may have limited functionality on older browsers)... it
does
>> not require any additional plugins (Flash, etc.)
>>
>> I know that their paid corporate version can be a little spendy... that's
>> the big drawback. There is a free (ad-supported) version of Google Apps
for
>> Domains (much like regular GMail, not terribly intrusive ads)... but I'm
>> not sure whether their EULA allows for corporate use - might be worth
>> looking into.
>>
>> That's my $0.02 anyway. Hope it's of value to you.
>>
>> -Rick
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Brian Martin
>> <plugng3 at martinconsulting.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Pluggers,
>>>
>>> A client of mine is currently using GoDaddy for hosted e-mail services.
>>> They're not very satisfied, but see the advantages of using a hosted
>>> service
>>> rather than running it in-house.  Do any of you have recommendations for
>>> hosted e-mail service providers you're pleased with.  The client is
>> using a
>>> variety of e-mail clients (Thunderbird, something on the Mac, the
>> service's
>>> Webmail interface, Windows Mail, etc.), so they're looking for something
>>> pretty much just using standard protocols.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>                                      -Brian Martin
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------
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>>> UNIX & Linux System Administration, Training, and Programming
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