Then rackspace is a good bet. I have never heard anything but good and it s not a bad price.
On 6/18/11, keith smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > If I were to slice off $100 of my time I do not think I could maintain a > mail server within that time frame. And since I'm a one man band, it is one > less thing for me to worry about. > > Thank you for working through this with me. > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > --- On Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Lisa Kachold <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 9:27 AM > > Yes, that looks like a good deal at Rackspace. > > Google Aps just changed their service levels. > > There is also a mail relay option at something like dyndns.org. They have a > few other options. > > > I think Rackspace has excellent reputation anyway and that IS CHEAP! > > On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:29 AM, keith smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree. I enjoyed installing and configuring Qmail Toaster. However I > have lots of other things that demand my time. It's not feasible for me to > run a mail server - would be a lot of fun though. There are other > considerations as well. > > > The free Google Apps mail is limited to 10 email accounts. I need 20 for > one group and 30 for another. That pushes me into the $5/mo or $50/yr. > Rackspace offers commerial grade emial at $2/mo with 10Gig mailboxes. > > > If I am wrong about the Google free email please let me know. > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > --- On Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Lisa Kachold <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 8:05 AM > > It's really fun to run a mail server! > > With a correctly configured postfix, exim or sendmail it's very fun. > > Of course, I learned in 1995 in dot com startups where we were selling > dialup maintaining multiple mail servers. > > > > The people I worked with were all really creative and easy going. > > Of course I prefer for security sake to use gmail relay now at home. > > Another alternative is Google Aps for domains mail (free). > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:51 PM, keith smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I think it is cheaper to spend $100 a month to let someone else run the > email server than for me to take on all those headaches. I started down > that path and found it was going to take a lot of on going effort. I's not > the cost of the server, it is the cost of time. > > > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Dan Lund <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From: Dan Lund <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 5:36 PM > > You get to that amount, and it's on the border of creating your own mail > server. > It's not terribly hard, it just takes security planning. > > > > --Dan Lund > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:35 AM, keith smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I looked at google and they are $5/mo or $50/yr per box. I need about 50 > mailboxes. That turns out to be $1,800 more a year. Rackspace has 10g > mailboxes and Google has 25g mailboxes. I'm guessing all else is equal. We > just need plain old mail. Nothing fancy. > > > > > Thanks! > > ------------------------ > > Keith Smith > > --- On Thu, 6/16/11, Bryan O'Neal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > From: Bryan O'Neal <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 9:24 PM > > No direct experience but I am have only heard good things about > rackspace. That said I let google do my email. > > On 6/16/11, keith smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> Hi, >> >> Anyone have experience with Rackspace email and their DNS hosting service >> ? >> They have 10gig mailboxes for $2/mo each. And DNS can be added for >> > $5.00/yr. >> >> I'm testing their service now. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> ------------------------ >> >> Keith Smith > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > > (602) 791-8002 Android > > > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > > > > HomeSmartInternational.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > (602) 791-8002 Android > > > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > > > HomeSmartInternational.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Sent from my mobile device --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
