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Re: Ask HN: Simplest email setup for slicehost-ed domain?

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Post by buro9 »

timf wrote: post #2

Google Apps is free and fast to set up for mail@yourdomain.com http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

Watch out for the limits though: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&an...

So if you're automating a newsletter, bear those numbers in mind.

Re: Ask HN: Simplest email setup for slicehost-ed domain?

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Post by pert »

If you're looking to configure mail from your slicehost and you do go with the Google Apps option (that's what I use), you might like to have a look at this guide to getting sSMTP working with Google:

http://wiki.debian.org/sSMTP

I can't recommend sSMTP enough to anyone that doesn't want to maintain a mail server. All UNIX systems should be able to send mail and this is very much still the case on modern Linux systems, but this is often overlooked.

Re: Ask HN: Simplest email setup for slicehost-ed domain?

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Post by LogicHoleFlaw »

pert wrote: post #14

If you're looking to configure mail from your slicehost and you do go with the Google Apps option (that's what I use), you might like to have a look at this guide to getting sSMTP working with Google: http://wiki.debian.org/sSMTP I can't recommend sSMTP enough to anyone that doesn't want to maintain a mail server. All UNIX systems should be able to send mail and this is very much still the case on modern Linux system…

I also am using the sSMTP + Google Apps combination. It's fantastic and even if I bork up my server I can still send and receive email to my domain.

Re: Ask HN: Simplest email setup for slicehost-ed domain?

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Post by mc »

nkohari wrote: post #8

If you're only interested in receiving email, Google Apps for Domains is great. If you need to send it (for example, as part of your service), you should check out AuthSMTP ( http://authsmtp.com/ ).

You can also use Google Apps for your Domain to send emails. I even wrote a Rails plugin for doing just that:

http://github.com/openrain/action_mailer_tls

There may be an outgoing limit, but I've personally never encountered it.

Re: Ask HN: Simplest email setup for slicehost-ed domain?

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Post by mc »

If you do go with Google Apps for your Domain, you can use the following script (in Ruby) to automatically configure the appropriate DNS entries on Slicehost:

http://github.com/postpostmodern/slicehost-dns/tree/master

Run it from the command line and it'll setup everything for you.

Re: Ask HN: Simplest email setup for slicehost-ed domain?

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Post by wr1472 »

alexmacgregor wrote: post #12

Google Apps definetly. As mentioned, the interface is great and search functionality is offcourse excellent. (Not to mention storage)

The overwhelming consensus seems to be Google Apps. I did come across this whilst briefly looking into the problem. I will most likely go down this route, even though I am not afraid to setup and administer email, it is not my primary concern and would much rather offload that to a 3rd party.

thanks all!

Re: Ask HN: Simplest email setup for slicehost-ed domain?

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Post by pert »

mc wrote: post #16
nkohari wrote: post #8

If you're only interested in receiving email, Google Apps for Domains is great. If you need to send it (for example, as part of your service), you should check out AuthSMTP ( http://authsmtp.com/ ).

You can also use Google Apps for your Domain to send emails. I even wrote a Rails plugin for doing just that: http://github.com/openrain/action_mailer_tls There may be an outgoing limit, but I've personally never encountered it.

Why do you need this? Google will accept mail via authenticated and encrypted SMTP so you can use standard tools to send your mail.
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