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Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?

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Re: Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?

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Post by keithpeter »

smtddr wrote: post #14

One start-up I use to be at used Zimbra, http://www.zimbra.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFfCgIJpSf4 --- Worked good, moved fast, nice UI.

I use a Zimbra based webmail account at one of my employers. I quite like it and am looking for UK hosted Zimbra or moving the personal Web server from pop3 to imap and installing the 'community' version on the shared hosting.

My current shared hosting provider gives out pop3/authenticated smtp or IMAP as part of the hosting deal but only has a basic web mail interface.

Re: Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?

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Post by Osmium »

sz4kerto wrote: post #10

I use both for years. The Microsoft solution for your problem is not Outlook.com - it's Office 365 and/or hosted Exchange. They have a slightly different -- in my opinion better and definitely faster - web UI for the latter. Being a Google Apps user basically means you have a Google Account associated with that user. Being a hosted Exchange user does not imply that. In other words, you can use an Android phone with a…

> Fastmail.fm is a completely different option, I am using that as well, their biggest problems are: - lack of proper push email (on mobiles) - lack of good contact management

I'm a paying Fastmail.fm user, but I really hope they have something planned for push email, otherwise I'll be looking for another provider when my renewal is due–which is a shame, because I really like them otherwise. I understand that this is as much Apple's 'fault' as anything (for not supporting IMAP IDLE on iOS) but to me, as an end-user, it doesn't matter why it doesn't work, simply that there are other providers who have made it work regardless (e.g. Rackspace).

Re: Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?

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Post by binaryanomaly »

I can recommend https://mykolab.com/ based on Kolab (http://kolab.org/).

They value your security and privacy highly. The data is hosted in Switzerland.

Also you can have groupware features like calendar and address book with open and standard interfaces like CalDav and CardDav.

Re: Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?

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Post by [deleted] »

Osmium wrote: post #22
sz4kerto wrote: post #10

I use both for years. The Microsoft solution for your problem is not Outlook.com - it's Office 365 and/or hosted Exchange. They have a slightly different -- in my opinion better and definitely faster - web UI for the latter. Being a Google Apps user basically means you have a Google Account associated with that user. Being a hosted Exchange user does not imply that. In other words, you can use an Android phone with a…

> Fastmail.fm is a completely different option, I am using that as well, their biggest problems are: - lack of proper push email (on mobiles) - lack of good contact management I'm a paying Fastmail.fm user, but I really hope they have something planned for push email, otherwise I'll be looking for another provider when my renewal is due–which is a shame, because I really like them otherwise. I understand that this is…

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Re: Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?

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Post by workhere-io »

sz4kerto wrote: post #10

I use both for years. The Microsoft solution for your problem is not Outlook.com - it's Office 365 and/or hosted Exchange. They have a slightly different -- in my opinion better and definitely faster - web UI for the latter. Being a Google Apps user basically means you have a Google Account associated with that user. Being a hosted Exchange user does not imply that. In other words, you can use an Android phone with a…

Fastmail.fm is a completely different option, I am using that as well, their biggest problems are: - lack of proper push email (on mobiles)

Plus the fact that their servers are hosted in the US.

Re: Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?

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Post by r0h1n »

spocked wrote: post #4
bananas wrote: post #3

They all suck from experience in vastly different ways. I'd do one of the following: 1. Use webfaction's shared email service at http://webfaction.com and stick to IMAP. This is an old fashioned shared hosting system. 2. Use digital ocean or linode and build your own mail server. I do #2 and have four domains and am happy with it. I don't have contact and calendar sync - that's the only problem but this doesn't reall…

I don't think building my own mail server would be feasible. I'll check out web faction. Thanks.

I strongly second Webfaction. Been using them for 3 of my domains for nearly a year and have yet to come across a serious (or minor) outage.

I use Owncloud to sync my calendar and contacts b/w my Android phone and PC.

Re: Ask HN: After Google Apps and Outlook, which email provider for custom domain?

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Post by workhere-io »

Loic wrote: post #16

It is hard to find a good provider at a reasonable price. At the end, I went with Gandi and I am using only IMAP. My wife is using both IMAP and the provided webmail. But please notice that I am based in Europe. I am not sure where the mail servers are located. If you are on the West coast and the servers are all in Paris, then it will not be that fast.

I am not sure where the mail servers are located.

I asked them about this some time ago, and they said their mail servers are in France.

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