+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 <[email protected]> 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 > <[email protected]>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: [email protected] > > Web-site: www.martinconsulting.com > > Blog: www.pdxsys.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
