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How many companies check with knowledgeable technology lawyers
before making important decisions first? Not just email, but many
"cloud services" should raise questions for most businesses:<br>
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An informed decision can make a difference.<br>
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On 01/20/2011 09:09 AM, Michael Trausch wrote:
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<p>Most businesses I know are or have hosted with them. Most
businesses just want it to work.</p>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.<br>
That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)</p>
<div>On Jan 20, 2011 7:45 AM, "John" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> *Google*<br>
> Google is an advertising company. I'm certain that many
companies would <br>
> prefer to not have their email go through a company of that
type. For <br>
> personal emails, this may be fine, for corporate emails,
privacy matters.<br>
> <br>
> *DHCP*<br>
> My connection is DHCP, but my IP hasn't changed in years.
Since 1998, <br>
> I've had about 4 IPs total (I recall 3). The last change
happened in <br>
> 2007. Still, having a 1-2 hour DNS refresh period (IP check
every 5 min) <br>
> is useful to limit any inaccessible server periods. Not all
ISPs allow <br>
> DHCP to last that long and will force IP changes daily.<br>
> <br>
> Having a secondary MX record (plus server) in an alternate
location is <br>
> useful to prevent mail loss, even if you have a static IP
and data <br>
> center located server(s).<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 01/20/2011 06:38 AM, Chuck Peters wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Tim Watts <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:tim@cliftonfarm.org">tim@cliftonfarm.org</a>
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>> <mailto:<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:tim@cliftonfarm.org">tim@cliftonfarm.org</a>>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I'm losing confidence in the mail forwarding service I
use and am<br>
>> thinking of dropping it. This may be just the excuse
for me to set<br>
>> up my<br>
>> own mail server at home, which is a project I've wanted
to do for<br>
>> a long<br>
>> time. But here's the thing: I don't have a static IP
address.<br>
>> Would this<br>
>> be a horribly foolish thing to embark on if I don't?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Friends don't let friends host mail servers on dynamic
DNS! You might <br>
>> get it to work, but it will bite you when you don't
have time to deal <br>
>> with it and you will lose mail.<br>
>><br>
>> If it isn't too much network transfer I could host it
from my linode <br>
>> VPS provided you agree not to spam people or do those
annoying <br>
>> forwards so many people do... And I am sure others on
the list could <br>
>> do it as well. How much mail transfer per month do you
have?<br>
>><br>
>> You can also use Google Apps Partner Edition to host it
for free, and <br>
>> it has quite a good web interface and great spam
filtering. We use it <br>
>> for StarrySkies.net mail and have a number of people
using it. And I <br>
>> also have my dear old mom using it and I have provided
her mail as <br>
>> well as others since 95/96. If we were not running
mailman and <br>
>> wordpress I would consider not running mail servers
anymore and host <br>
>> it all at Google, the service is that good.<br>
>><br>
>> It appears you are using dyndns to forward mail to your
<br>
>> Mindspring/Earthlink DSL, aka dynamic IP. It would work
better to <br>
>> host it on Google or a VPS and use a client to download
the mail, <br>
>> getmail4 to your local machine or your regular client
Evolution. And <br>
>> continue to send out mail through Earthlink like you
are now, through <br>
>> a properly configured VPS or Google.<br>
> <br>
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