[ale] Email system

[Jeff Hubbs]

Any pointers on actually getting that transfer done?  I'm looking to 
move my domains.

On 5/14/14, 6:10 PM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>
> Don't use GoDaddy unless you like folks that play games with your 
> stuff when you're ready to quit using them.
>
> Every time we've had a need to transfer a domain away from GoDaddy 
> they prevented the transfer attempt AND then locked the domain "for 
> our protection" for 60 days to prevent us from re-attempting the transfer.
>
> *From:*ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Neal Rhodes
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 14, 2014 5:22 PM
> *To:* cfowler at outpostsentinel.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Email system
>
> My opinion: this is doomed.
>
> Put everything on Godaddy and let them deal with it, unless email is a 
> hobby for you.
> Then access it from everywhere/anywhere.   Evolution on Linux, IMAP on 
> smart phones and tablets.
>
> I used to run a postfix server until I realized it was driving me crazy.
>
> Neal Rhodes
> MNOP Ltd
>
>
> On Wed, 2014-05-14 at 16:52 -0400, Chris Fowler wrote:
>
> I'm in the need to figure out a new method of email, that does no 
> include Exchange.
>
> Currently I use CentOS to fetch all our our mail from our provider and 
> store locally.  Users then use IMAPS and SMTP to receive and send.
>
> We get hammered with Spam that has nasty attachments.   One user asked 
> me what we could do about this.  My thought is that I'm going to have 
> to install a real commercial SPAM firewall.  I also looked at Google 
> business email.  My options currently are to look at purchasing a 
> Baracuda appliance to cut down on the crap or use Google email services.
>
> With the Baracuda I'll stop fetching mail from the provider and smiply 
> chane our DNS MX records to send mail directly.  I'm not sure how it 
> will feed email to my mail system or if it is the IMAP/SMTP server.  
> Anyone use one of these devices?
>
> Chris
>
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