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: Email provider - suggestions needed We are looking for a good way to have email support. In theory, we need to allow end-users to send emails directly to support and careers. i.e. support@domain_name_here.com

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We are looking for a good way to have email support. In theory, we need to allow end-users to send emails directly to support and careers. i.e. support@domain_name_here.com and careers@domain_name_here.com.

Second, we need to provide emails to our staff. So each staff member has their own email address. i.e. joe@domain_name_here.com, meghan@domain_name_here.com, etc.

Google Apps is one that we are considering. However, they are charging per user, per year. Not so bad, considering the quality and the features they offer.

However, there are also cheaper alternatives. i.e. my domain registrar offers an email plan for / year / 10 emails. Go Daddy has a number of plans and still a lot more affordable than Google Apps. So far Namecheap and Go Daddy are the only ones I have looked at for email plans.

Is it worth signing up with Google Apps? Or are there better alternatives?

Your thoughts?

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@Ann8826881

I've migrated all my e-mail clients to Google Apps. They are all on the free version (up-to 50 Users, not as much space and not as high as a guarantee for uptime).

50 Users doesn't include groups / aliases
You still get the normal gmail space of about 10GB
The uptime is still over 99.9%

Since '07, I've only had my clients call me two , maybe three times with issues. I've got about two dozen clients on google apps. The service is solid.

A couple of the things I like, you can activesync for cell phones, so calendar and contacts on most all smartphones. You've got calendar and contact sharing, and I believe they've pushed out the ability to share inboxes. So you are really getting a full exchange-style mail services .. for free.

On top of mail/calendar/contacts you get a private area for documents a sites ( like a wiki ). Their service is really top notch I can't praise it more really :)

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@Smith883

Google Apps is one that we are considering. However, they are charging per user, per year. Not so bad, considering the quality and the features they offer.


It's free for less than 50 users which makes it a great solution if you're working with a small company.

Rackspace Email hosting is fairly cheap coming in around a year per user versus with google.

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