Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 02:48:00 CST 2013
Hello Hans, I sent you a reply from my main email account, just noting here in case it went to spam or you did not catch it. Thanks Mark On 31 January 2013 09:23, Hans-Christian Andersen <hans.andersen at phulse.com>wrote: > Hi Mark, > > If you clients are willing to pay a little something, then I'd be happy to > set up a VPS with Zimbra being hosted and maintain it. I was going to set > up a VPS anyways for my own reasons, but thought I would ask your opinion > anyhow. > > - Hans > > > On 2013-01-31, at 1:12 AM, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > Just to share my thought process with you. > > > > As I mentioned, I am using gmail for domains for most clients since Sept > > 2006. > > > > As I have not seen a better, easier way of hosting email in the cloud > with > > close to zero admin, I think I must propose to customers to pay google > the > > money for each account. It is US$50 per user per year. If a company > > cannot afford / justify that for an employee, then it has bigger > problems > > than just their email. > > > > I love the look of Zimbra, but I have limited time, so I guess the easy > > route for me is simply use the Google Apps product. > > > > Anyone else in the same boat ? What are you going to do do? > > > > > > > > > > > > On 31 January 2013 09:08, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello Jim, > >> > >> You mention Google Mail is still free. > >> > >> Are you referring to gmail single user or do you mean Gmail for domains. > >> > >> AFAICS, Gmail for domains (google Apps) is no longer free, even for 1 > >> user. Am I missing something ? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 17 January 2013 18:20, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> > >>> Google mail is still free and if you need a free office product try > Libra > >>> Office (It is OSS so there are not limits or licensing issues) and even > >>> Microsoft has 25 GB of free Cloud space for a shared file directory and > >>> then > >>> there is dropbox with 10-20GB available. > >>> > >>> The tools are all there just have to do some creative thinking. > >>> > >>> If you want to stretch further, you can hack some Linux box together > and > >>> you > >>> can have unlimited remote sessions through your remote desktop > (limited of > >>> course by resources). You can add in Apache and have remote access from > >>> anywhere through the WebServer. Then there is OpenVPN... > >>> > >>> Even with Microsoft, just put a shared folder on a client's server and > set > >>> it up so it can be accessed from anywhere in the network and externally > >>> though Microsoft's Remote desktop but you are only allows two remote > >>> sessions, for free. There are many other options that can save your > client > >>> thousands. > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > >>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen > >>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:20 AM > >>> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > >>> Subject: [dba-Tech] Now that google apps is not free what do we do for > >>> cloudemail > >>> > >>> Hello All, > >>> > >>> Since Sept 2006 I have been using Google Apps for company based email > for > >>> my clients. > >>> > >>> As you may know, as of Dec 6th 2012, google no longer offer this > service > >>> for free. It must now be paid for at a rate of US$50 Per user per > year. > >>> For a small company 5 - 10 employees, this is not expensive, but over 5 > >>> years, it still amounts to 1250 - 2500. > >>> > >>> In my opinion, it is still good value for what you get, but I wonder > what > >>> you use if you want to have company based *cloud *email for free. > >>> > >>> Any recommendations ? > >>> > >>> Mark > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dba-Tech mailing list > >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dba-Tech mailing list > >>> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >>> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >>> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >>> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >