mail servers only

quicker · Apr 8th, 2008, 13:58

Are there companies that only host mail servers for people. I want a domain name only for mail accounts, is this possible? If so, please name a few for me to go and check out.

WESH-UK · Apr 8th, 2008, 23:15

Depends, if you want to use it for sending our mass amounts of email like mailing lists, then just do a google search for mailing list services.

If its just email for personal usage, then pretty much most web hosting providers would be suitable, just choose a hosting package with enough space and mailbox allowances that you want and your done.

You dont have to use a "Web hosting account" for a website. We have quite a few customers who take out hosting just to use it for email only, and they all have webmail access to it all the time, and some have found it to be actually cheaper than specialist email only services.

whisp · Apr 10th, 2008, 12:24

Quicker, if mail services is what you need, you may consider mail hosting options from someone like sibername.com, I guess the price of the package depends on the amount of email accounts you want to have.

Hunter · Apr 11th, 2008, 13:23

I have seen that ServerPoint.com offers webmail services:
Advanced Email Interface
Online calendar and task list
Advanced address book
Synchronization feature with Outlook
Support for WAP mobile devices
Anti-spam bayesian filtering
White/black listing functionality
SSL encrypted access from anywhere in the world.

lolita · Apr 16th, 2008, 13:41

I think this is different Hunter, I mean this goes together with a hosting account from serverpoint.com.

samducker · Apr 16th, 2008, 17:56

wesh you can't exactly call web hosting cheaper than specialist email services, when you see gmail giving out 6GB accounts with up to 100 of them not to mention all the bundled stuff with google apps like docs start page calendar. And best of all google apps is free. But I do understand why some use web hosting companies for email I just don't think its the wise choice and its certainly not cheaper.

WESH-UK · Apr 16th, 2008, 18:11

Sam

I didnt say web hosting was cheaper than specialist mail services, so please dont mis-interpret what I have said.

Gogle mail is webmail on somebody else's domain name and falls into the same category as hotmail/yahoo etc where your dependant on somebody else for your mail domain.

I was basing what I said on quickers needs, "I want a domain name only for mail accounts"

He didnt ask for the who has the biggest webmail provider as he wants email usage with a domain name, not somebody else's domain name.

samducker · Apr 16th, 2008, 18:15

Quote:

We have quite a few customers who take out hosting just to use it for email only, and they all have webmail access to it all the time, and some have found it to be actually cheaper than specialist email only services.

I wasn't really misinterpreting.

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Gogle mail is webmail on somebody else's domain name and falls into the same category as hotmail/yahoo etc where your dependant on somebody else for your mail domain.

I said google apps, google apps is based on your own domain of choice. Infact I use google apps to manage my [at]theduckers.net email among others

WESH-UK · Apr 16th, 2008, 18:20

Sam

I said that some customers have found it cheaper, I didnt say myself that it is cheaper.
(Thats the mis-interpretation)

Google app's? Who's asking about app's? Quicker is asking about email only.

samducker · Apr 16th, 2008, 18:22

Google apps can just be used for email. Please research it heres the link http://www.google.com/a/ .

jonnik77 · Apr 17th, 2008, 12:15

I have seen that UtropicMedia.net provide email hosting. They offer Webmail, Desktop Clients, Cell Phones and PDAs. Their security features look nice as well.

barrakuda · Apr 21st, 2008, 13:32

There are lots of Email hosting offers, do you need any special features?
Sibername.com offer what they call personalized email hosting with free domain name registration.

quicker · May 8th, 2008, 09:02

I know that many companies provide web mail services that are included into their package plans. Say GlobalTap.com provides them a lot. I think it's very convenient to use shared package plan with email services in it. You don'r need to pay extra monet for that.

mwdesign · May 8th, 2008, 22:12

Try www.123-reg.co.uk they offer really cheap individual pop3 accounts.

mwdesign

lpab · May 13th, 2008, 08:06

check http://santrex.net/emailhosting.php also. They start as low as $2

aso186 · May 13th, 2008, 17:52

Thread closed before this turns into an auction.