I guess it depend on how lean you want to run. The less systems I have to maintain, rebuild, or even think about the more time I can spend selling.
To me .35/box is a pretty decent price for - multiple redundant servers - multiple colos - army of tweaks maintaining the system - world-class spam and AV - Google Apps - Partnering with the 800lb Gorilla -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:07 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Email Hosting Google Apps Partner Edition has a .35/box/month *starting *price. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." --- Winston Churchill On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Jerry Richardson <jrichard...@aircloud.com> wrote: > Here you go: > http://sites.google.com/a/ikano.com/partner-edition-google-apps-setup/what-is-google-apps-partner-edition/product-walk-through > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Richardson > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:02 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Email Hosting > > The control panel is very slick. There is an import tool for creating all of your customer accounts. Old email can be migrated through the control panel using IMAP, or the customer can import their mail using POP3. You just need to leave your old server running and access itr via IP. > > Your email URL is hosted by Google so if you co-ordinate it correctly it's a pretty smooth transition. we had to do it with a gun to our head as our iMail server failed and I had not completed the setup of the Google Hosted system (procrastination cost me). > > Here is the instruction page for customer to activate and import their mail: > > Dear airCloud customer, > airCloud Communications has partnered with Google to bring you a host of powerful new features: > > Gmail<http://mail.aircloud.net/> ~ All of the features and functionality of a GMail account without having to change your email address, or lose your old emails. > Calendar<http://calendar.aircloud.net/> ~ Organize your schedule and share events with friends. Sync email calendar, and tasks from one place Docs< http://docs.aircloud.net/> ~ Create and share your work online and access from any computer. Collaborate online Home Page<http://start.aircloud.net/> ~ Create a personalized start page with weather, mail, calendar, or other gadgets Mobile<http://www.google.com/mobile/> ~ Access your email, calendar, and docs from your web-enabled phone. You can also sync your ActiveSync enabled phone > > To access your email please log into the new server with your current username and password at http://mail.aircloud.net<http://mail.aircloud.net/>. You can contact supp...@aircloud.com<mailto:supp...@aircloud.com> to have your old emails migrated to the new server once you have logged in and activated your new account. > > POP3 email users such as Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Blackberry, etc will need to set up their account for POP access once your account has been activated. > - Log into the new server at the address above to activate your account > - Go to Settings --> Forwarding and POP and > 1. Enable POP for mail that arrives from now on. > 2. Select keep AirCloud Communications Mail's copy in the inbox > 3. Configure your email client using the Configuration instructions > > > Unfortunately the old server does not have a mechanism to export your contact list. This is not really a major problem as Gmail allows you to search for emails using names and keywords so locating an email address on the new server is very simple. > > We are very proud to be partnering with Google and are confident that once you start using the new server you will be very pleased with how well everything is laid out and all of the added features such as Calendar, Tasks, Chat, WebPages, Docs, and Mobile applications. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barnes > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 7:04 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Email Hosting > > Who supports that. Do you still have to or do you let Google. Is there auto setup feature or do you have to set up all the clients. > > Steve Barnes > Manager > PCS-WIN > RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Richardson > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 12:18 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Email Hosting > > We do. We love it, customers love it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:17 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Email Hosting > > Josh, > Do you use Google's ISP solution? > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: >> I use Gmail. Don't get those calls. Still get some revenue. >> >> On 3/25/10, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: >>> I dumped email hosting a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. >>> >>> In my situation, I found that over 2 thirds of the subs WERE NOT >>> using the email but were with mostly Yahoo and a few other online >>> services. I found myself having to deal with cleaning out junk mail >>> from stagnant email accounts every few months and dealing with the >>> mail server, backups and all that other stuff that I really had no time for. >>> >>> I kept the users who were on the system, stopped assigning email to >>> the new subs and eventually we had zero mail users and I was done. >>> If someone insists on mail, I'll assign one and charge an extra 5 >>> bucks a month for it and add it to our domain which we now just host with a webhosting company. >>> Simple and cheap. We've all had this discussion before and yes, I >>> know it's cool to have your service name in emails being sent out all >>> over but I really get no advertisement from that unless they are >>> sending the emails local and even with that, the area already knows us. >>> >>> Ah......... The joy of not getting the "My emails not workin'" phone >>> calls..... >>> >>> Bob- >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] >>> On Behalf Of Steve Barnes >>> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 6:25 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] Email Hosting >>> >>> I know that this has been discussed here last year but I am looking >>> for updates. >>> >>> I am wondering what others are using for email hosting. My current >>> service is low grade at best and I really do not want it brought back >>> in-house. I only have about 500 Subs and 300 emails. Filtering, >>> storage, bandwidth, and backup are all too much of a pain I would >>> just prefer an affordable easy to transfer to service that doesn't >>> kill my budget. I know Google has a service but I have not been able >>> to get anyone to tell me that it is the perfect answer. I would also >>> like a option to be able to give some clients an Exchange type of >>> account, (sync to outlook or Blackberry) for more money and everyone else just a regular pop. >>> >>> Any recommendations? >>> >>> Steve Barnes >>> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ------- >>> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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