Hello,

I want to host my customer's email in a way that the control panel only provide
email management tools (email account ADD / DELETE, Password mngt. etc.,)
NO traditional Hosting CP functions required.




I will appreciate your time and interest.

Thank you
mapara

Hello Mapara

You can set that too using Cpanel, just to allow them to being mail only.

You must set the account to email template - also, have a set of features for email only and remove any php, cron etc. options.

Sounds like every CP has this capability. In hsphere, you would just create an email only plan and signup users to that plan.

Yes this would be possible in cPanel as well. You can choose what features you wish enabled for each plan you setup. There is also a control panel theme you can choose that only displays email settings.

Thank you very much all of you gentlemen, for participation.

Best
mapara

i guess to do all that u need to know PHP

I have done it through Cpanel. its really simple.

Simple in Cpanel, just set up a plan using the Xmail theme and hey presto mail only options! :-)

Did anybody experienced Mosso.com CP?

mapara

From what it looks like they have a custom system. From the price they are selling for you may as well opt for a vps or dedicated system.

Hope that Helps

From what it looks like they have a custom system. From the price they are selling for you may as well opt for a vps or dedicated system.

A VPS or Dedicated server would not give you what Mosso is advertising (dual platform, high availability, end user support, etc)

Mosso's pricing (in my opinion) is far too inexpensive for what they are trying to offer - and their target audience would absorb a much higher price point (if they can deliver on what they promise - and Im sure they can)

Mosso's offering is not geared towards the same market as those who would buy unmanaged dedicated servers or VPS solutions nor can a VPS or a Dedicated deliver what Mosso is offering

Mosso is a rackspace company. They used H-Sphere for a VERY long time and this "mosso" seems to be a take on their much publicised "The system beats the server" from 18 months ago.

My gut instinct though is that this is still a H-Sphere backend. The old shots they had up before through "The system beats the server" reaked of a rip-off of H-Sphere (which could be why it was quickly pulled over a year ago), or a hybrid of it. I was undecided which it was. The main problem I'd have with that would be that Rackspace didn't even manage their old H-Sphere servers; HSpheresupport.com did.

Either way, Mosso provides the same as pretty much any H-Sphere host would.

edit: Upon checking, it appears that The system beats the server has indeed evolved to become mosso. (www.thesystembeatstheserver.com)

Simon

Either way, Mosso provides the same as pretty much any H-Sphere host would.

Hi Simon, I tend to agree with you (and I indicated something pretty similar on another Mosso thread) - however, most hsphere hosts do not offer HA (as Mosso is advertising). Not that they cant, its just that most do not.


Mosso is a rackspace company. They used H-Sphere for a VERY long time and this "mosso" seems to be a take on their much publicised "The system beats the server" from 18 months ago.

The main problem I'd have with that would be that Rackspace didn't even manage their old H-Sphere servers; HSpheresupport.com did.

They are indirectly admitting this these days. They actually charge you more for a server just to have hsphere installed on it, even if you install it yourself and dont ask for support.

However, all of this aside, the Mosso offering is a marketing play (brilliant one) to a specific market segment. Whatever is running it really isnt overly relavent (at least to me) - what I find confusing is their pricing model - as there is an audience for a fully managed, dual platform, highly available service - but I would think that their target audience - based on their marketing message (ie the ones that wouldnt want to get their own cluster or arent large enough to have their own cluster), would pay a premium for the package.

This one really confuses me, as their marketing message is directed towards a higher end crowd, but their pricing model is directed towards the budget hosting market.

Presuming you cannot find a way in creating the type of account you wish, why not contact your host (mosso) who should be able to tell you how.

Hope that Helps

To me, this seems like Rackspace's way of entering a budget hosting market. Their other products are all higher end, both quality and price wise.

By offering budget hsphere (I assume it's still the backend) and putting a good sales spin on it (such as referring to themselves as a rackspace customer, not a rackspace company) they offset their managed dedicated server offerings quite nicely. That also offers them the opportunity to upsell their managed dedicated servers by plugging them as high-end to customers who get too big or sick of the budget system.

Simon

That also offers them the opportunity to upsell their managed dedicated servers by plugging them as high-end to customers who get too big or sick of the budget system.

Interesting perspective and as good a theory as I have heard (actually, pretty much the only thing I have heard that makes sense)

Too bad, I believe there is a large audience for what they are advertising in the high end space....

To me, this seems like Rackspace's way of entering a budget hosting market. Their other products are all higher end, both quality and price wise.

By offering budget hsphere (I assume it's still the backend) and putting a good sales spin on it (such as referring to themselves as a rackspace customer, not a rackspace company) they offset their managed dedicated server offerings quite nicely. That also offers them the opportunity to upsell their managed dedicated servers by plugging them as high-end to customers who get too big or sick of the budget system.

Simon

I don't buy that since I can't find a single link to Rackspace (as a company) actually running the day-to-day operations of Mosso - though, I'll admit, I didn't run an exhaustive search. Though, it does make sense. If this is indeed what it is, I have to give Rackspace/Mosso a hand on an ingenius marketing ploy :).

I don't buy that since I can't find a single link to Rackspace (as a company) actually running the day-to-day operations of Mosso - though, I'll admit, I didn't run an exhaustive search. Though, it does make sense. If this is indeed what it is, I have to give Rackspace/Mosso a hand on an ingenius marketing ploy :).
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=rackspace+%2B+thesystembeatstheserver&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

Third result down. Also, all physical contact addresses are Rackspace offices.

Rackspace.com:
9725 Datapoint Drive, Suite 100
San Antonio, TX 78229
US
+1.2107980105 Fax: +1.2104474200


TheSystemBeatsTheServer.com (now redirecting to mosso.com):
9725 Datapoint Drive, Suite 100
San Antonio, TX 78229
US
+1.2107980105 Fax: +1.2104474200


http://www.mosso.com/legal/aup.jsp


Inquiries regarding this AUP should be directed to Mosso, 9725 Datapoint Drive, Suite 100, San Antonio, Texas, 78229, Attention: Jeremy Siefer.

Not that it makes much difference in the quality of the product (good or bad), but mosso is a rackspace company. The only thing that does surprise me is that they don't make proper use of the awesome (and well earned) reputation Rackspace has.


Simon

mosso is a rackspace company. I was told this (with other words) via chat with Rackspace a while ago.

The only thing that does surprise me is that they don't make proper use of the awesome (and well earned) reputation Rackspace has.Maybe they don't want to hurry and risk putting a big and unremovable stain on their Rackspace brand if things go bad with Mosso? They seem to promote this Mosso/Rackspace ambiguity in a way that lets them completely separate Rackspace at a later time. :)