Bradley, preaching to the choir! however as I'm sure you know, what we want to do, and what we are allowed/forced to do are two often times very different things!
Mike --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Bradley Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bradley Holt <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Unique email problem (apparently)] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 12:41 PM > Mike, > > The free version of Google Apps is definitely worth > considering. If you're > using it for your business and email is at all important to > your business > then I'd strongly recommend paying the $50/user/year. > Sure, I've rarely > needed to call support (and, honestly, haven't been > that impressed with the > support I have gotten - but what do you expect for $50?). > However, you have > a lot more recourse and your vendor has a lot more > accountability if you're > actually *paying* for the service. As a business owner, I > sleep a lot better > at night knowing that if something goes seriously wrong > with my Google Apps > account I can hold Google accountable and get a resolution > to the problem. > > Thanks, > Bradley > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Mike Raley > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Gary, > > > > Btw, Google apps does have a free, unsupported version > available. I have > > been using it for approximately 4 different > organizations for about a year > > now. I have yet to actually need Google's support > for anything, so I have > > no qualms about the lack of support for no cost. > > > > For the person that simply doesn't have the > bandwidth/hardware/time to run > > and admin their own mail server it's a really good > option. My only > > complaints are it occasionally takes an extended time > to send emails within > > the domain you are a part of, and that for the admin, > you do not have the > > full control as if you were hosting the server > yourself (I cannot go in and > > find an email someone "claims" to have > "lost", or check maillogs) > > > > But otherwise, I would recommend it, unless you have > lots of spare time on > > your hands! ;) > > > > Mike Raley > > > > > > --- On Wed, 12/31/08, Bradley Holt > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: Bradley Holt <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: Unique email problem (apparently)] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 10:17 AM > > > We've been using Google Apps (Gmail for your > domain) > > > since the day they > > > started offering a paid version and have been > quite happy > > > with it. > > > $50/user/year is very good deal especially for > something so > > > business > > > critical. With four user we only pay $200 year, > have > > > practically zero > > > administrative cost, and have had extremely > little > > > downtime. Don't forget > > > about all the other goodies you get too such as > Google Docs > > > and Google Sites > > > (a not-yet-very-well-known-SharePoint-killer, > IMHO). > > > We're quite comfortable > > > living "in the cloud" (our hosting is > "in > > > the cloud" as well) despite the > > > many naysayers. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Bradley > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Gary Brown > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you all for the suggestions. It has > really made > > > me take a look at > > > > GMail. I did find some unsettling > information @ > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail#Criticisms and was > > > wondering what > > > > experience those of you who use Gmail have > had. > > > > > > > > I'm also looking into Josh's method > and found > > > > http://www.linux.com/feature/146613 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/
