Re: [tlug] outsourcing email service

[Keith Bawden <isdj@example.com>]

Micheal E. Cooper wrote:
> Logically, a company with a data center, backup facilities, a spam/virus
> firewall, and full-time support should be able to host plenty of virtual
> mail servers and use the economies of scale to offer other organizations
> email support for less than it costs to do it in-house.
> 
> I have looked this up on the web, read articles, and sifted through
> Flash-y advertisements. I have also sent a couple of inquiries to
> virtual server providers. I also sent an inquiry to Zimbra.
> 
> But I would also like to get experience (even biased), personal input
> from TLUGgers, to make sense of the noise on the net.
> 
> What do you think about the wisdom of outsourcing email to an off-site
> service?
> 
> Is anyone doing this?
> 
> If you think it is a good idea, do you have any recommendations, even if
> it is your own company?
> 
> Micheal
> 
> 

Hello,

There is hosted gmail to consider.

Regards, Keith