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  1. Fusemail by TwilightXaos · · Score: 1 · on Email-only Providers?

    This has probably already been mentioned (didn't read all three pages of comments).

    I had the same problem; I decided to go with Fusemail. Their minimum charge is $10 a month, which is quite reasonable, and for that you get 5 mailboxes and 50GB of storage. I think that is a fair deal, but YMMV. You can add on mailboxes if you need to, and they have good uptime as far as I have seen (only been with them for about a year, but no downtime at all yet).

    Of course they will register a domain for you for a nominal fee (the usual $10 per year), or will let you buy your domain somewhere else and just point the MX records to their servers.

  2. Fusemail by duplicate-nickname · · Score: 1 · on Email-only Providers?

    I'm not sure if Fusemail has been mentioned yet, but I switched to them about a year ago after my web host wiped out about 25% of my IMAP mail. Their service is perfect for small business or individuals that need a good email service. They offer the usual IMAP, POP, and SMTP services along with SSL/TLS encryption, and they offer alternative ports in case your ISP is blocking certain services. On top of that, their web mail interface is great (also SSL-enabled).

    There are no limits on the number of domains that you can host nor the number of third part mailboxes that can be "fused" into your account. You pay per mailbox or per GB for storage. Cost is $2/mailbox/month with a $10/month minimum.

  3. Roll Your Own? by mpapet · · Score: 1 · on Email-only Providers?

    Search terms "imap email hosting" delivered a bunch of hits, this being one of the first. http://www.fusemail.com/cost/ Chances are excellent there's a smaller provider and a little hungrier providing the same service a few pages back.

    Otherwise, roll your own. I've got a *great* DSL provider who had no problem hosting my own mail server. (sonic.net) You need a static IP and something as simple as the NSLU2 should do great. http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZLinksysQ20NSLU2QQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZR40QQ_mdoZ DSPAM + Postfix + Dovecot IMAP and a few hours learning Postfix. At this basic level, it isn't rocket science.

    I've contemplated setting up a service for individuals like yourself, but I don't see what I could provide that's special besides sieve support and overtly supporting Evolution, kmail, and Thunderbird. Any recommendations are welcome.

  4. Re:Automatic death sentence by WuphonsReach · · Score: 1 · on Sending Mail to Hotmail Users?

    I dunno, I'd consider $10/mo for 30 accounts (JTL) plus web space with POP/IMAP access in addition to the webmail client to be pretty cheap. Or the Small Business package at A2 which is only $8/mo for web space, IMAP/POP3/SMTP. Or FuseMail which is a little more expensive but has a nicer web interface.

    Heck, one of the A2 plans is only $3/mo.

    Some hosting companies even thrown in spam/virus filtering for free.

  5. fusemail? by Wabbit+Wabbit · · Score: 1 · on Infrastructure for One Million Email Accounts?

    What about fusemail?

    This is exactly the kind of service they offer.

    Anyone have experience with them?

  6. Balancing the Cost/Benefit by GangstaLean · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Best Way to Handle Email for a Small Domain?
    Really, there are certain costs with DIY vs. hosted. They are:

    DIY
    • Always have access to mail, even if internet is down
    • Granular control over routing, message groups, etc.
    • Control over spam solutions

    Hosted
    • Someone else does the backup
    • Access to some higher end features w/o the work
    • Groupware functionality w/o the work
    • Webmail already solved for you


    I ran my own mail server for my various domains, and have set up mail servers for companies. currently I'm using Fusemail for my personal and consulting email, and I'm starting to think that I would recommend it for most small companies.

    The reason behind this is, I don't have the time to do the administration myself. I have other work priorities, and messing around with a server all the time is not one of them. The other benefits are, network synchronization of calendar, IMAP, server side sorting, and eventually Outlook pluggability (good for PDA users).

    You can do this stuff yourself, but it takes time and is not always reliable. The down side of picking an external provider is, when your internet goes down, email is down, even internally. That can hurt a company and your credibility.

    With that said, I would look potentially at email service providers (not web hosting providers) for an external solution, and probably exchange for an internal solution with groupware, and other unix solutions for internal email without groupware.

    What you need to decide is how much responsibility you want for being the point person on email. If you're already afraid of the result, better to hire a domain expert, and one that's been in business. Get a good SLA (service level agreement), and assure that your internet connection is either redundant or up most of the time.

  7. Re:My general point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Google Releases Gmail Notifier

    It does not provide one interface everywhere. You can't setup whatever mail client you use on any computer. Most public computers are locked down, and will not allow software installation or configuration modification. What you need is an IMAP mail server, and an IMAP webmail client for when you don't have an IMAP software client. Exactly like Fusemail.

  8. Re:Client-side 2GB goodness by FU_Fish · · Score: 5, Informative · on Yahoo! Acquires Oddpost

    Try Fusemail. They offer an imap and webmail interface for something like $4 quarterly and they can pull your e-mail from your yahoo account and others.