To all who have commented (Steve, Rob, Rob, Matthew) - much
appreciated. Have been considering your comments closely. And Google
certainly sounds like it might be worth a run. I haven't heard anyone
come up with a good reason NOT to use Google yet.
Thanks again all.
Cheers, Steven
On 23/10/2008, at 5:55 AM, Rob Davies wrote:
Morning All,
Pending on your Corporate Computer Security planning (intranet,
internet or extranet) and laws, I find it very hard to go pass
Google as Steve suggested. But be very careful in checking these
laws based on your business model and corporate responsibilities.
Accessibility from anywhere via any device including mobile, cost
factor is extraordinary - FREE.
Construction cost zero - time very fast for such a network, as is
experience level required.
Domains are transferrable, meaning email names are in accordance
with your corporate identity.
Apps (Calendars, notes, etc) available online, very hard to beat as
these are accessible from just about anywhere.
Suggestions Google passing on your information I find this statement
very pessimistic except to say commissions for what recommended. But
if one feels it is an issue introduce a Corporate wide GPG key for
email very simple to initiate as all mail clients have some form
off. To be frank and honest if your corporate information is of such
a secure nature then this should already be in place, as others can
leach easier than Google can remove from their servers. Google mail
has encrypted mail servers meaning all your mail travels both
directions via an encrypted secure port.
Further information or ideas please feel free to contact me direct.
Cheers!
`Rob...
20Oct2008, at 9:33 pm, Steve Woods wrote:
On 20/10/2008, at 7:48 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
I'm looking for some advice in terms of setting up a corporate
email environment on the Mac platform (but catering for users of
other platforms who would be potentially anywhere).
I'm quite familiar with pop email accounts, understand the concept
of IMAP (I think). But I haven't really been involved with email
servers and the like, which I think is probably what I need. I'm
familiar with having a standalone Mac, and popping email from my
email host (NetRegistry).
However I'm now using mailboxes which I need to allow communal
access to - potentially several people accessing the communal
mailboxes in the future. I also need to have a system whereby
although I set up an indovidual user's personal email account, the
business still retains copies of those emails. I imagine I could
use NetRegistry and set up an IMAP account, but then I am reliant
on a 3rd party entirely, including for storage of our email. I'm
not totally comfortable with that. So does this mean I need to set
up an email server of our own, with accompanying back up
solutions? If so, can someone give me an idea of the hardware &
software requirements, rough idea of costs?
Or does it sound like I need to engage a networking specialist to
solve all of my problems? Are there any networking specialists
amongst wamug people? (I trust a Mac user's advice! :-)
Cheers, Steven
Steven,
I'd suggest Google Apps for business.
Ticks all the boxes in your list - including using your own domain
name, archiving of all corporate messages, and IMAP accounts of up
to 25GB per user. Price is hard to beat too!
<http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html>
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Steve
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