Alternatives to GoDaddy for e-mail server hosting?

[Jeff7]

Updated - see post #3.


Wrong topic area? Don't know where this one should go. So, here we area.


My parents use GoDaddy's $20/yr e-mail service, but the secureserver.net that is used for sending e-mail evidently sucks. It will randomly start bouncing back all outgoing e-mails, forcing the use of a slow web-based interface. So it sounds like it might be time to start looking for a comparable e-mail service which has a lower index of suckage. Recommendations?

 

[GeekDrew]

Fastmail.fm is who I use, and they're absolutely awesome.

 

[Jeff7]

Alright, so I'm trying to get this set up, but I'm not sure if it's quite what I want.

The Fastmail service apparently allows a "virtual domain" and "aliases," things I've got absolutely no experience with.

What I'm trying to do:
My parents each have their own e-mail address, at the same domain name.

Under GoDaddy, they had two separate mailboxes, and it was all covered under the $20/year plan.
With Fastmail, in order to keep the same domain name, and thus the same e-mail addresses, I had to go for the $40/yr plan, and use the Virtual Domain option. Problem is, I'm not sure how to set this thing up so that I will have two distinct and separate e-mail accounts, such as mom@mydomain.com and dad@mydomain.com. I have two aliases set up, but I see nowhere to configure login details for each one.

Most of the help files at Fastmail seem to assume that the user already knows what he's doing. I really haven't got a clue how to do any of this anymore.
I did already modify the nameserver settings at Godaddy to point to Fastmail's nameservers.

Anyone here with Fastmail experience?

Also note: They both use Eudora for e-mail and do NOT want to change.

 

[Lean L]

google.com/a/

 

[Jeff7]

Update: I found their Family Plan, and so canceled the Enhanced Plan, only to discover that it can take up to 7 days to finish, for whatever reason.
So now the accounts are apparently in limbo until Fastmail finishes their cancellation process.

 

[hofan41]

google.com/a/

this.

 

[Jeff7]

google.com/a/

$50 per user per year

My parents were paying $20/year, which included both accounts.
That sounds like using Google would make for a 5x cost increase.

 

[Lean L]

My parents were paying $20/year, which included both accounts.
That sounds like using Google would make for a 5x cost increase.

don't sign up for the premier edition.
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

standard edition is free for up to 25 users.

 

[SunnyD]

don't sign up for the premier edition.
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

standard edition is free for up to 25 users.

This. I host my domain's email with Google Apps, for free.

 

[Jeff7]

Does their free service let you use your own domain?

 

[Praetor]

Does their free service let you use your own domain?

Yes. It's been a while since I set mine up, but you just add a cname record pointing to some random url that they give you or host a file with a particular code on your host to prove you own the name.

You then change your MX records to point to google and that's it. 5-10 minutes worth of work.

 

[RbSX]

Updated - see post #3.


Wrong topic area? Don't know where this one should go. So, here we area.


My parents use GoDaddy's $20/yr e-mail service, but the secureserver.net that is used for sending e-mail evidently sucks. It will randomly start bouncing back all outgoing e-mails, forcing the use of a slow web-based interface. So it sounds like it might be time to start looking for a comparable e-mail service which has a lower index of suckage. Recommendations?

Hmm so I'm not the only one who thinks go daddy's emails blow the goat.

Half our company emails (we have a GoDaddy virtual server) never reach their destination. To add insult to injury, we get no error message either.