Consumer grade e-mail hosting options?

Nathan England plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
22 Aug 2001 11:03:17 -0700


Then for the experience side of the coin, if there is anything I can
'voluntarily' do for you, please let me know, if I can't be paid for it,
I am still looking to learn.  


On 22 Aug 2001 09:29:23 -0700, Justin wrote:
> Well right now we have a lot of help, and we are trying to keep our staff
> budget as small as possible until we actually start making money. Thank You
> for the offers! If anything comes we will always come to the this mailing
> list first!
> 
> -Justin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Nathan
> England
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 8:00 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Consumer grade e-mail hosting options?
> 
> 
> I'll second that!
> 
> Nathan England
> 602.363.0814
> 
> 
> > if you need an extra hand, I could certainly use the money/
> > work expereince. let me know.
> >
> > Technomage Hawke
> > 623-849-9515
> >
> > Justin wrote:
> > >
> > > I am in the process of starting a company that may have a service that
> maybe
> > > just the thing. We are going to be up and running within a month or so.
> One
> > > of the services we are going to be selling is  "Consumer Grade" Colo
> > > services, it is intended for independant web developers that need to
> test
> > > sites live before delivery to customers, but there is nothing to say
> that
> > > you can't use it for anything, like a personal email server. We will be
> > > pricing it at $100 per month. We will be offering it at a discounted
> rate of
> > > $75 per month for PLUG members. For that we will provide the server,
> rack
> > > space, bandwidth, and 24/7 support. IT would be a dedicated Dell server
> with
> > > 256K burstable bandwidth. If you are interested please contact me.
> > >
> > > Thanks-
> > > Justin
> > > justin@bigcity.nu
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Bob
> > > George
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 9:37 PM
> > > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > > Subject: Consumer grade e-mail hosting options?
> > >
> > > Well, @Home has finally pulled the plug, and my little guerilla SMTP
> server
> > > is no longer reachable from the world at large. It's something I've
> expected
> > > for years, but I'm disappointed. Anyhow, I'm now trying to find viable
> > > alternatives for e-mail for my family, while still allowing myself to
> keep
> > > spam under control.
> > >
> > > I want to be able to set up various aliases (i.e.
> newsaccount@mydomain.com,
> > > disposableaccount@mydomain.com, plug@mydomian.com) for different lists,
> as
> > > well as for each family member. I had this working perfectly with
> fetchmail,
> > > procmail and postfix to sort and file mail for access via IMAP, but now
> it
> > > seems I need to do something similar elsewhere.
> > >
> > > What I think I'm looking for is a very inexpensive pop3 account hosting.
> I'd
> > > like to register mydomain.com, and be able to manage a number of
> accounts
> > > under that domain. Probably 10-20 maximum, but it is nice to have
> > > flexibility. Hopefully it won't be a pay-per-account as I really don't
> know
> > > what accounts I'll want yet. I would then be able to poll these via
> > > fetchmail from my Linux mail server and still do all my sorting and
> > > filtering there.
> > >
> > > Many web hosting services seem to provide a handful of accounts, but I'm
> > > hoping for something more flexible, if not mail-centric.
> > >
> > > Any tips or ideas appreciated. It's not a panic situation yet, but I
> hate to
> > > go back to having only one account again.
> > >
> > > - Bob
> > >
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