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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/28/24 22:14, Steven via
PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:57046ad8-3c82-434e-8335-3bcb6907f6ee@cox.net">Apparently
I am late to hearing this, but in the near future Cox will have
Yahoo take over handling all "cox.net" email accounts. I've
occasionally in the past looked at email providers but never felt
much need to move. But as long as this is going to be happening
anyway I figure it's time to look again. Does anyone have a
preferred email provider? I made use of Cox formerly offering up
to six email accounts on a single residential plan to set up an
account for my sister, this account, and a couple others. Are
there reasonably trustworthy providers that don't scan all your
emails in order to push ads on you and that don't don't cost an
arm and a leg?
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<p>Ok, here's my situation. I have my own domain(s), descomp.com
being one of them. For a VERY long time I ran my email from my
domain on my home computer - on DIALUP! On a dynamic-ip line! It
worked great.</p>
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<p>However, progress overtook me, and I finally ended up getting a
VPS, (also I'm planning on a web site or two, so that figures in a
bit too). I ran my email from my virtual machine for MANY years.</p>
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<p>Progress happens again, and I suddenly (like, last week?) could
no longer SEND emails because I wasn't either DKIM or whatever the
other thing is. I'd had the problem with blacklisted addresses
before, and had even changed my VPS service due to that. </p>
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<p>Well, long story short, once I decided to quit fighting the
system and decided to PAY for a stupid eMail provider, I spent a
lot of time researching. Here's my table:</p>
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<td height="17" align="left">Who</td>
<td align="left">monthly/mbox</td>
<td align="left">yearly/mbox</td>
<td align="left">storage/box</td>
<td align="left">Out-the-door</td>
<td align="left"><br>
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<td height="17" align="left">Dreamhost</td>
<td align="right">$1.99</td>
<td align="right">$1.67</td>
<td align="left">25G</td>
<td align="right">$8.35</td>
<td align="left"><br>
</td>
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<td height="17" align="left">A2Hosting</td>
<td align="right">$1.59</td>
<td align="left"><br>
</td>
<td align="left">10G</td>
<td align="right">$7.95</td>
<td align="left"><br>
</td>
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<td height="17" align="left"><br>
</td>
<td align="right">$2.59</td>
<td align="left"><br>
</td>
<td align="left">30G</td>
<td align="right">$12.95</td>
<td align="left">Other differences between the 2 plans.</td>
</tr>
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<td height="17" align="left">Zoho</td>
<td align="left"><br>
</td>
<td align="right">$1.00</td>
<td align="left">5G</td>
<td align="right">$5.00</td>
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</td>
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<td align="left"><br>
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<td align="right">$1.25</td>
<td align="left">10G</td>
<td align="right">$6.25</td>
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</td>
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</td>
<td align="left"><br>
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<td align="right">$0.00</td>
<td align="left">5G</td>
<td align="right">$0.00</td>
<td align="left">single domain, max 5 users.</td>
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<td height="17" align="left">Namebright</td>
<td align="left">Out, due to non-responsive support and
problems with their ‘features’</td>
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<td height="17" align="left">scalahosting</td>
<td align="left"><br>
</td>
<td align="right">$0.50</td>
<td align="left">5G</td>
<td align="right">$4.95</td>
<td align="left">50G shared, max 10 users, 1 domain. Price is
$4.95 per PLAN, not per USER</td>
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<td height="17" bgcolor="#FFFF00" align="left"><br>
</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFF00" align="left"><br>
</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFF00" align="right">$0.12</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFF00" align="left">2G</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFF00" align="right">$5.95</td>
<td bgcolor="#FFFF00" align="left">100G shared, max 50 users,
5 domains. Price is $3.95/mo for 3 years.</td>
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<td height="17" align="left">hostinger</td>
<td align="right">$1.59</td>
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</td>
<td align="left">10G</td>
<td align="right">$7.95</td>
<td align="left">Where my web host is running.</td>
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<p>My Domains are registered with Namebright, and I *REALLY* liked
the * user feature in their email system, but I couldn't get it to
work and they didn't answer my requests for help.</p>
<p>So I ended up with scalahosting. I pay like $5/month for up to
50 users, 5 domains, and 100G shared storage. They also guarantee
that your email won't be blocked due to spammers using their
servers. I had a little issue getting the (non DKIM-thing) set
up, but it wasn't much of an issue, just getting my DNS provider
to accept the right TXT record. So this email is coming to you
from descomp.com hosted at scalahosting, I've had it for more than
a week, and so far so good :-) (and I'm not paying $3.95/mo, I
bought the 3 year plan up front...)<br>
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<p>I've also got a free Zoho (I think) account I'm playing with too,
but I've spent no real time on it.</p>
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