Need a New Email Host

[Bob_The_Insurance_Guy]

Looking for a new place to host my email account. I am currently with blue host.com for my domain as well as my email.

The domain portion is doing well. I am able to login make changes and modify the website as I see fit. No problem.

Email is another story. Yesterday at 3:48 PM, I was unable to log into my email account to check email and return emails. Luckily, someone on this site told me about zimbra desktop, and I've been using that. The problem is I can receive emails, but I can't send them or reply to them.

I've been on the phone with tech support all night – called three times, and got three different reasons why it's not their problem.

So, I am looking for a new email host.

I would prefer one that has calendar scheduling, and allows me to put in address as well as contact info.

 

[GreenSky]

I went to google apps. Never a problem and worth the few bucks it costs.

Rick

 

[Bob_The_Insurance_Guy]

Tried that. Problem is the file I had to transfer never transferred. Google's customer service is actually WORSE than Bluehost's

 

[AdrenalineMP]

Bob, are your problems only with the webmail function? Have you tried setting up your email directly on your devices (phone, computer, tablet) and if so, does that work reliably?

If you set up your email on your devices then that should give you your calendar and contact solution as well, plus the advantage of having the information available locally, regardless of web connection.

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And should have actually answered your question. I use hostgator. I have multiple domains and emails and have never had any issues.

You could also check with the registrar where your domain name is registered. Many of them offer free email as one of their perks.

Being able to receive but not send/reply tells me there is a problem with the outgoing server settings - port, security, password, server name, etc. Double checking those might get your zimbra up and running.

 

[lrixford]

I would look at Office 365. Gives you full Exchange for $5 a month/mailbox.

 

[agentjhc]

Ok, I will show my ignorance of tech terms....full exchange?

 

[lrixford]

Ok, I will show my ignorance of tech terms....full exchange?

I was referencing full Microsoft Exchange. It includes email, calendaring, sharing, etc. It is what the majority of organizations use.

Office 365 Small Business

 

[RayNY]

Exchange is an e-mail protocol developed by microsoft. It's highly compatible (web based portals, Outlook integration, and all common smartphones). POP and IMAP are the other common ones.

If you're serious, go exchange. It's what I use for the main business, and we have our own exchange server. It's the most costly and intensive way, but also the most robust and powerful.

Honestly, my 2 cents, I'd transfer it all from BlueHost to InMotion. Blue isn't bad, but there is certainly better, and InMotion is the best I've tried (currently have 4 sites with them, and friends with another dozen, all trouble free). <$10/month for business hosting, with domain registration, and unlimited e-mail accounts (access online, via outlook, or any smart phone).

FTP service for big files too.

Their service is excellent. Uptime is impeccable. They don't harass me about my relatively large websites with media and hundreds of thousands of hits per year. They give you 2000 ftp accounts, unlimited e-mail accounts, 26 parked domains, 100 subdomains, and 50 sql databases. I don't know what more you could want, and as someone who runs e-retail businesses relying on e-mail for receiving invoices, issuing confirmation, and relaying orders, I've NEVER had a dropped e-mail.

 

[Aaron_4SIGHT]

I'm a huge fan of Rackspace. Their email is $2/month per inbox. The service is rock solid and they have the best support in the business.

Email Hosting Services - Business Email Hosted by Rackspace

 

[VolAgent]

Just an FYI. Exchange can be used to wipe a phone. Depending on your perspective, that is a good thing or a bad thing.

I had a friend at Mass, for some reason they decided he was leaving and remotely wiped his phone. He would have lost all his contacts had he not had Outlook open on his computer.