E-Mail Hosting Solutions..

[dawks]

Let me start off by saying we are a non-profit, so keeping the cost low is important. I'm talking $1-3 per user per month. Exchange hosting would be great, but not for $12/month (which is what I've been seeing typically).

So right now were using the email provided by our webhost, which is just garbage. Were using POP3 where the messages are downloaded and deleted from the server. I'd prefer to go with something like IMAP or a POP3 server that has the ability to archive messages after download so if something happens locally, the messages are still available on the server.

Gmail looks like a great option, but being that were in Canada, we cannot qualify for their non-profit edition, just the standard, which would work...

Any other suggestions? We need the obvious, space, some kind of archiving/imap and GOOD spam filtering.

Additionally, does anyone have a migration guide? I have a decent idea of whats involved in the switch, but looking for some extra hints.

Thanks.

 

[Crusty]

Google Apps

edit: I actually read the rest of your post.... seems you are already on that track

The last time I looked through the documentation you could only migrate from a local Outlook into Google Apps Standard Edition. If you upgrade to Premier you can use automated tools to import directly from a mail server.

 

[mcmilljb]

Originally posted by: Crusty
Google Apps

edit: I actually read the rest of your post.... seems you are already on that track

The last time I looked through the documentation you could only migrate from a local Outlook into Google Apps Standard Edition. If you upgrade to Premier you can use automated tools to import directly from a mail server.

I looked at the Premier Edition, and it's listed as $50/year ($4.17/month) which is pretty close to your $3/month. I would contact their Corporate Sales (here) and ask them if they could reduce their price to get even closer to your goal.

 

[Jamsan]

If your biggest concern right now is the backup ability, you can install Outlook Personal Folders backup on each PC and it'll automatically backup each users PC to a server on a schedule: http://www.microsoft.com/downl...2F4FD01&displaylang=en

It's not the greatest solution, but it doesn't increase your expenses 1 penny (except for disk storage on the server) and will email backup will now be incorporated into your server backup solution.