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Large Web Host Urges Customers to Use Gmail

Posted by timothy on from the conceding-loss dept.

1sockchuck writes "LA hosting company DreamHost, which hosts more than 700,000 web sites, is encouraging its customers to use Google's Gmail for their e-mail, rather than the DreamHost mail servers. DreamHost is continuing to support all its existing e-mail offerings, but said in a blog post that email is "just not something people are looking for from us, and it's something the big free email providers like Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google can do better." DreamHost addresses a question about Google that has vexed many web hosting companies: is Google a useful partner, or a competitor that intends to make "traditional" web hosting companies obsolete? In this case, partnering with Google offers DreamHost a way to offload many of its trouble tickets, reducing the support overhead. Is Google starting to make web hosts less necessary?"

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  1. Re:Webmail by jafiwam · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Try to not lie and distort the truth so much.

    Not only can you send any type of encryption through Gmail you want, there's friggin Thunderbird plugins that do it automatically through Gmail and IMAP.

    Whatever the fuck you are doing that isn't working, well that's because you are dumb, not because it can't be done.

    Go back to 4chan or somewhere else where bullshit is appreciated.

  2. Re:it's all about the SPAM... by SaDan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, yeah, bla bla bla

    Sorry, but I've been dealing with email for over 10 years, both paid professionally for SysAdmin work, and through personal business I conduct outside of my normal job. Email is not difficult. SPAM is not difficult. People pay me money specifically because places like Google and people like you can't or won't support their email needs.

    Nothing is for free, have fun learning that one on your own. :-)

  3. Re:it's all about the SPAM... by SaDan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm not complaining about SPAM. I'm complaining about people like you who apparently know so much, you can't be bothered to do anything. Just fork it of to some other company, no problem!

    If you've been doing email for so long, why quit now? It's certainly not getting harder!

    I'll stand by the statement I made, because it's 100% true. The benefits of running your own email system far outweigh the inconvenience of being responsible for your company's data.

    Oh, wait, that's a benefit too.

  4. Re:it's all about the SPAM... by SaDan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, a competent sysadmin telling it like it is gets modded as a "Troll"?

    I suppose some of you think Google should wipe your ass and mow your lawn as well?