Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Thu Jan 31 03:23:26 CST 2013
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