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04-13-2005, 11:03 PM #1New Member
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Need a reliable email host don't care what it costs!
I don't have a website, but have my domain hosted with Registerfly. I have been losing messages off and on for weeks. They can't explain why.
I really need something 100% reliable, and at this time don't care what it costs. Can someone recommend the best site for email hosting?
Thanks!
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04-13-2005, 11:09 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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You might want to look at
http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/s0306/prod/impopw.html
coupled with
http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/s0306/prod/smtp.html
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04-13-2005, 11:13 PM #3Retired Moderator
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www.everyone.net is a very good second option too
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04-13-2005, 11:18 PM #4Newbie
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I believe The Planet will host email-only. I've done that with them in the past. There are many with favorable opinions of TP when it comes to their primary offerings (dedicated servers, colo), so you may want to look into them.
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04-14-2005, 10:58 AM #5Aspiring Evangelist
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I have had very good experiances with www.cotse.net. Check out their email only account.
Checkout www.crunzh.com for nice freeware programs. Including a program for monitoring your webserver.
Any opinions in this post, unless otherwise noted, are my own personal opinions.
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04-14-2005, 11:11 AM #6Aspiring Evangelist
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Any host worth their salt will be able to offer a decent pop3 email service bundled in with their webspace. However i've used http://www.everyone.net/ in the past and it has worked well enough for me.
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04-14-2005, 11:15 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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http://fastmail.fm - Been using them for years. 10 fingers up!
YourCheapHost.com - Low cost multi domain hosting solutions. [Legal adult content friendly]
Reliable web site hosting is our motto. We have Alertra stats to back that up.
Proven provider of high quality shared and reseller accounts since 2002.
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04-14-2005, 01:47 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Although I'm sure it's over-kill for your needs, I have a few clients that use mi8.com (hosted exchange) that are very happy with the service.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine
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04-14-2005, 02:16 PM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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If you get full website hosting, you can easily put your website up later without having to move hosts or upgrade.
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04-14-2005, 03:59 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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ICANNwholesale has a few e-mail hosting options that are quite affordable.
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04-14-2005, 04:07 PM #11Web Hosting Guru
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I've used fastmail.fm and mailsnare.net in the past and they have been rock solid. Recently I switch to homepageuniverse.com to save money, but I liked the other two better (I just don't want to spend the extra money). HPU has been reliable, but it doesn't have some of the features I liked from FastMail or MailSnare.
I haven't used everyone.net, but I've heard good things about it.█ Figly Media
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04-14-2005, 07:07 PM #12New Member
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You folks will laugh, but after doing a bit of reading I ended up going with Yahoo. I only needed 1 email account, and little else. They are reputed to be the most reliable. For $35/year, I thought I'd go with a larger player.
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04-14-2005, 07:43 PM #13Web Hosting Guru
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No IMAP?! POP is soooo 1990's.
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04-14-2005, 10:02 PM #14Retired Moderator
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thing is with people way far from the hosting server its kinda SLOW to use IMAP to load things everytime you want a message.
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04-14-2005, 10:05 PM #15Web Hosting Guru
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Originally posted by Bashar
thing is with people way far from the hosting server its kinda SLOW to use IMAP to load things everytime you want a message.
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04-14-2005, 10:07 PM #16Retired Moderator
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and who uses pop3 anyway ?
i'm just saying what imacts IMAP has over POP3 Mr. The SpookBashar Al-Abdulhadi - KuwaitNET Internet Services Serving customers since 1997
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04-14-2005, 10:16 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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Personally, I prefer POP3 if I am downloading to an email client, at least I get a copy of the mail on my computer. If I am away from the computer, Webmail serves me fine.
I guess different people have different needs so it is not that POP sucks and IMAP is great, just use what meet your needs and the world would be a happier place.
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04-14-2005, 10:21 PM #18Retired Moderator
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you can always use pop3 to keep a copy on the server
OR
configure IMAP to sync locally with your PC to have a offline copy
but the end its always whats the best for YOU not the best out thereBashar Al-Abdulhadi - KuwaitNET Internet Services Serving customers since 1997
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04-15-2005, 12:08 PM #19Web Hosting Guru
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Originally posted by Bashar
you can always use pop3 to keep a copy on the server
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04-15-2005, 01:03 PM #20WHT Addict
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If you only need one or two accounts and are willing to pay a fee, look at Mail.com
Their free accounts are loaded with ads, so I can't recommend those, but they do offer paid 'Premeir" accounts with expanded features and box capacity.
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04-15-2005, 08:25 PM #21New Member
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So far, Yahoo is so much better than Registerfly. I had problems of missing emails, but I didn't realize how bad they were until I switched!
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04-16-2005, 06:09 PM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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www.fastmail.fm is the best, try it and you will not regret.
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04-19-2005, 12:51 PM #23Aspiring Evangelist
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Originally posted by BoardHoster
If you only need one or two accounts and are willing to pay a fee, look at Mail.com
Their free accounts are loaded with ads, so I can't recommend those, but they do offer paid 'Premeir" accounts with expanded features and box capacity.
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04-19-2005, 03:04 PM #24Registered User
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"Use IMAP"...how?
I've either had or configured email accounts with eight different hosts within the last three years, and not one of them had IMAP support. Not one.
I wonder why that is?
So IMAP could very well be the cat's pajamas. But I wouldn't know, because I've yet to find a host that actually provides it.
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04-19-2005, 03:17 PM #25Retired Moderator
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usually hosts disable it to avoid keeping emails on the servers, or you didnt configure it by default
Bashar Al-Abdulhadi - KuwaitNET Internet Services Serving customers since 1997
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