Rackspace email & DNS

Sat Jun 18 10:39:47 MST 2011

If I were to slice off $100 of my time I do not think I could maintain a mail server within that time frame.  And since I'm a one man band, it is one less thing for me to worry about.

Thank you for working through this with me. 

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Keith Smith

--- On Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:

From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 9:27 AM

Yes, that looks like a good deal at Rackspace.

Google Aps just changed their service levels.

There is also a mail relay option at something like dyndns.org.  They have a few other options.

I think Rackspace has excellent reputation anyway and that IS CHEAP!

On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:29 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

I agree.  I enjoyed installing and configuring Qmail Toaster.  However I have lots of other things that demand my time.  It's not feasible for me to run a mail server - would be a lot of fun though.  There are other considerations as well. 

The free Google Apps mail is limited to 10 email accounts.  I need 20 for one group and 30 for another.  That pushes me into the $5/mo or $50/yr.  Rackspace offers commerial grade emial at $2/mo with 10Gig mailboxes.

If I am wrong about the Google free email please let me know.  

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Keith Smith

--- On Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:

From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>

Date: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 8:05 AM

It's really fun to run a mail server!

With a correctly configured postfix, exim or sendmail it's very fun.  

Of course, I learned in 1995 in dot com startups where we were selling dialup maintaining multiple mail servers.  

The people I worked with were all really creative and easy going.  

Of course I prefer for security sake to use gmail relay now at home.

Another alternative is Google Aps for domains mail (free).

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:51 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

I think it is cheaper to spend $100 a month to let someone else run the email server than for me to take on all those headaches.  I started down that path and found it was going to take a lot of on going effort.   I's not the cost of the server, it is the cost of time. 

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Keith Smith

--- On Fri, 6/17/11, Dan Lund <situationalawareness at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Dan Lund <situationalawareness at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>

Date: Friday, June 17, 2011, 5:36 PM

You get to that amount, and it's on the border of creating your own mail server.
It's not terribly hard, it just takes security planning.

--Dan Lund

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:35 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

I looked at google and they are $5/mo or $50/yr per box.  I need about 50 mailboxes.  That turns out to be $1,800 more a year.  Rackspace has 10g mailboxes and Google has 25g mailboxes.  I'm guessing all else is equal.  We just need plain old mail.  Nothing fancy.

Thanks!  

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Keith Smith

--- On Thu, 6/16/11, Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal at TheONealAndAssociates.com> wrote:

From: Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal at TheONealAndAssociates.com>
Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>

Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 9:24 PM

No direct experience but I am have only heard good things about
rackspace. That said I let google do my email.

On 6/16/11, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> Anyone have experience with Rackspace email and their DNS hosting service ?
> They have 10gig mailboxes for $2/mo each.  And DNS can be added for
>
 $5.00/yr.
>
> I'm testing their service now.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ------------------------
>
> Keith Smith

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