<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 7:44 AM, John <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<b>Google</b><br>
Google is an advertising company. I'm certain that many companies
would prefer to not have their email go through a company of that
type. For personal emails, this may be fine, for corporate emails,
privacy matters.<br></div></blockquote><div><br><div bgcolor="#ffffff">That's sort of like saying GE is an appliance company. My father used
to joke he worked for a light bulb company and he did satellite
navigation for GPS and other systems at GE. <br>
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Google does a lot more than advertising and that includes services
beyond just email for corporations. See
<a href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html">http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html</a> and compare it to
what others offer for businesses. <br>
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I was a sysadmin for a messaging ASP and I provided better services for free than what the ASP was charging big bucks for. <span class="gI"><span class="go">Algoloma.com
advertises IT consulting among your services, maybe Google isn't right
for some of your clients but I think Google's services would be a cost
effective option for many corporations/businesses.<br>
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cp@hevelius:~$ host <a href="http://algoloma.com">algoloma.com</a><br>
<a href="http://algoloma.com">algoloma.com</a> has address 174.129.88.121<br>
<a href="http://algoloma.com">algoloma.com</a> mail is handled by 5 <a href="http://mail1.algoloma.com">mail1.algoloma.com</a>.<br>
<a href="http://algoloma.com">algoloma.com</a> mail is handled by 10 <a href="http://mail.algoloma.com">mail.algoloma.com</a>.<br>
cp@hevelius:~$ host <a href="http://mail.algoloma.com">mail.algoloma.com</a><br>
<a href="http://mail.algoloma.com">mail.algoloma.com</a> is an alias for <a href="http://host260.hostmonster.com">host260.hostmonster.com</a>.<br>
<a href="http://host260.hostmonster.com">host260.hostmonster.com</a> has address 74.220.215.60<br>
cp@hevelius:~$ host <a href="http://mail1.algoloma.com">mail1.algoloma.com</a><br>
<a href="http://mail1.algoloma.com">mail1.algoloma.com</a> has address 24.131.41.49<br>
cp@hevelius:~$ host 74.220.215.60<br>
60.215.220.74.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer <a href="http://host260.hostmonster.com">host260.hostmonster.com</a>.<br>
cp@hevelius:~$ host 24.131.41.49<br>
49.41.131.24.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer <a href="http://c-24-131-41-49.hsd1.ga.comcast.net">c-24-131-41-49.hsd1.ga.comcast.net</a>.<br>
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It appears you are trusting Hostmonster with your mail, what is so different about trusting Google with your mail?<br>
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I would bet money that Google has more rigorous processes and at least
as secure software for protecting the privacy of email than
Hostmonster. However Hostmonster is a smaller company and not as many
people have access to their servers and it is less of a target for
various attacks than Google.<br>
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Have you had issues sending mail to some people? Did you notice your primary mx is listed on some of the blacklists?<br>
<a href="http://www.mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=blacklist%3a24.131.41.49">http://www.mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=blacklist%3a24.131.41.49</a><br>
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<b>DHCP</b><br>
My connection is DHCP, but my IP hasn't changed in years. Since
1998, I've had about 4 IPs total (I recall 3). The last change
happened in 2007. Still, having a 1-2 hour DNS refresh period (IP
check every 5 min) is useful to limit any inaccessible server
periods. Not all ISPs allow DHCP to last that long and will force IP
changes daily.<br></div></blockquote><div><br>I can set our cable modem at home to use a static IP even though we
aren't supposed to. I could run mail that way, but I would do it with
the expectation that I could, and probably will lose mail. Our cable company recently changed it's TOS and pricing for a static IP we had for years. And they suck for calling us up and saying we have a week to migrate off the static or pay another $60 a month for our pitiful 40KB upload speeds... <br>
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Having a secondary MX record (plus server) in an alternate location
is useful to prevent mail loss, even if you have a static IP and
data center located server(s).<br></div></blockquote></div><br>If it was only that simple. Have you noticed a lot of spam going from your backup mx to your primary mx and the primary not accepting delivery? A lot of spammers send mail to the backup MX because they often just relay to the primary without doing the same antispam stuff the primary MX does.... Mail can be a PITA! Most mail servers will retry sending messages from 2-5 days if the server is not available, so unless someone pays me I am not going to bother with the secondary mx... And I haven't had any complaints about lost mail in years. <br>
<br><br>Chuck<br>