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e-mail relay/cache/forwarding server?

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ZippyDan

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I have a local small business email server which is on-site.

In case of extended internet or power outages (we have several redundancies but still), I am wondering if there is such a service as an e-mail relay for incoming e-mail.

The idea would be that ALL incoming e-mail would go through some remote host which would simply forward that e-mail, without any other processing, to our on-site e-mail server.

If for any reason our server was offline (whether due to power loss or internet loss or maintenance), I would expect that relay to also hold the email until our server was back online.

Is there any such service?
 
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KillerBee said:
You can try these guys for a couple weeks free - mailroute.net

Store and Forward
http://mailroute.net/services.html#storeandforward
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Ya that looks like what I want as far as the "Store and Forward" portion.

But, meh, at those prices I could afford a complete off-site Exchange solution. I think I'm looking for something a little "dumber". It seems insane to me that they would charge "per user", when I am the one handling per-user data locally.
 
ZippyDan said:
I have a local small business email server which is on-site.

In case of extended internet or power outages (we have several redundancies but still), I am wondering if there is such a service as an e-mail relay for incoming e-mail.

The idea would be that ALL incoming e-mail would go through some remote host which would simply forward that e-mail, without any other processing, to our on-site e-mail server.

If for any reason our server was offline (whether due to power loss or internet loss or maintenance), I would expect that relay to also hold the email until our server was back online.

Is there any such service?
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www.mimecast.com

Provides spam\av. But also has the option to allow users to logon directly to their mailboxes from their site.
 
yea - I would rather run the remote site myself too if you have the knowhow
mainly to keep mail from 3rd party prying eyes.

I just remember mailroute from hearing Leo Laporte mention it
 
KillerBee said:
yea - I would rather run the remote site myself too if you have the knowhow
mainly to keep mail from 3rd party prying eyes.

I just remember mailroute from hearing Leo Laporte mention it
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Ya but the pricing. An offsite server would cost me at least $6/month. Dyn says they will do it for $60/year.

In comparison, mailroute will charge me per user, per month, and that would come out to like $100/month. That's crazy.

For the price, I think I'd rather just let Dyn handle everything.
 
Yea that does sound like a good price with less hassle of having to maintain it.

Hopefully it's not a sucker-you-in price like Web hosts with "unlimited" bandwidth
that soon charge more once you reach a certain amount
 
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