[PLUG] Fwd: Hosted e-mail recommendations?

Fri Jun 22 23:25:09 UTC 2012

I use it for free. And the paid version is $50 per user per year. And what
you get for that is way more than you get from anywhere else for that price.

-wes

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Benjamin Foote <plug at bnf.net> wrote:

> This says it's free for up to 10 users....
>
> https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/standard/new3
>
>
> Benjamin Foote
> http://pdxstump.com - a search engine and news aggregator for Portland
> http://bnf.net - Linux and Java Consulting
> ben at bnf.net
> 503-313-5379
> @pdxstump on twitter
>
>
>
> ---------- 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
> >>>
> >>> -------------------------------------------
> >>> Brian P. Martin
> >>> Martin Consulting Services, Inc.
> >>> UNIX & Linux System Administration, Training, and Programming
> >>> Telephone:  503 617-4500
> >>> E-mail:     Brian at MartinConsulting.com
> >>> Web-site:   www.martinconsulting.com
> >>> Blog:       www.pdxsys.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> PLUG mailing list
> >>> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
> >>>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> PLUG mailing list
> >> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
> >>
> > _______________________________________________
> > PLUG mailing list
> > PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>
> --
> *Robert Miesen*
>
>
>
>       *Email:* robert.miesen at gmail.com <mailto:robert.miesen at gmail.com>
> *http://www.linkedin.com/in/rmiesen*
> See who we know in common <http://www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/42004246/>
> Want a signature like this? <http://www.linkedin.com/e/sig/42004246/>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG mailing list
> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG mailing list
> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>