Recommendations for/against Comcast Business as an email provider

Joseph Smith joe at settoplinux.org
Mon Aug 30 20:49:58 EDT 2010


On 08/30/2010 10:31 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
> Slightly off-topic, although I got my foot stuck in this door since I
> have installed and maintain a LAMP server and apps at this client site.
> So, there's a bit of Linux in there.
>
> I have a client running a small business with my LAMP server as his only
> non-desktop machine, and Comcast Business for internet provider. He's
> been using a patchwork of email services over the years (they use AOL
> and Yahoo! email addresses and a former web design firm provides their
> domain's POP server.) They are entitled to Comcast Business email as
> part of their internet package. I wondered if folks here had experience
> with setting up other clients with Comcast. In particular, my concerns
> are reliability (losing email during business hours means lost business)
> and whether they provide decent spam filtering.
>
> I've set up other clients with Google and/or Google Apps Premier
> ($50/year/user) accounts, and their IMAP servers provide nearly 100%
> uptime and excellent spam filtering.
>
> Providing email, spam filtering and network support is really beyond the
> scope of my services - mostly software development and application
> support -- so I'm hoping to find a service reliable enough to just
> configure once and leave running, with the occasional rare tweak. I
> don't see these folks having any need for an inhouse mail server if
> reliable services are available elsewhere.
>
> I'd welcome any recommendations and/or experiences.
>
>
Have you checked out ClarkConnect (http://www.clarkconnect.com) I used 
it for years before I decided to out source and I loved it.

-- 
Thanks,
Joseph Smith
Set-Top-Linux
www.settoplinux.org


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