I can get a bit controlling when it comes to some things. I personally like to use a VPS to do my email for my side business stuff.
Linode is good, but I really didn't like how they had to play catch up with hardware and prices. When I did use them, they were rock solid though. Digital Ocean seems to be the hip thing right now, and I've been using them for a year and a half now. Nearly zero down time and their support staff has been fantastic. The only downside to them is scaling. You can only scale up with CPU and RAM, hard drive requires a new server. There is also no option to scale down, but I can understand that may not be a huge thing for people. I'm looking at MNX.io right now, they seem really similar to Digital Ocean but offer custom server hardware config (e.g. you choose how much CPU, RAM, drive space) as well as the packages. They do offer full scaling up and down, but drive space changes require a ticket. I've liked them so far, but seeing as I haven't really tried them out I can't say for sure how good they are. On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Barry Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Lonnie Olson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 3. Low - convenience trumps data control. > > Get a third party mail provider. > > Another option for the "convenience paranoia" level is zoho.com. I > have one of my domains set up (free) at namecheap.com and using zoho's > free (no-ad) mail service. I've used my grandfather'ed free google > apps account for a lot longer, but zoho seems to work pretty well. > For a little more money you get more storage and full OpenXchange. > > FWIW, > Barry > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
