Then rackspace is a good bet. I have never heard anything but good and
it s not a bad price.
On 6/18/11, keith smith <
klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> ------------------------
>
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
>
> From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>
> Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@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@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.
>
> ------------------------
>
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On Sat, 6/18/11, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>
> Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@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@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.
>
>
>
> ------------------------
>
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On Fri, 6/17/11, Dan Lund <situationalawareness@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> From: Dan Lund <situationalawareness@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@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@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!
>
> ------------------------
>
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On Thu, 6/16/11, Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> From: Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal@TheONealAndAssociates.com>
> Subject: Re: Rackspace email & DNS
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@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@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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