Alternative to Google Apps

mr.sly · 9 Aug 2010 at 22:57

Now Google have decided to turn their back on Net Neutrality, its time to find an alternative to their services.

The main issue I have is email. Is there an alternative to Google Apps for email so I can use my own domain? Or is there something like RoundCube I can try and convince my hosting provider to install that has a decent UI?

macfanuk · 10 Aug 2010 at 15:59

mr.sly said:
Now Google have decided to turn their back on Net Neutrality, its time to find an alternative to their services.

The main issue I have is email. Is there an alternative to Google Apps for email so I can use my own domain? Or is there something like RoundCube I can try and convince my hosting provider to install that has a decent UI?

We've just installed Nutsmail on our servers as it's a really excellent email client (derived from Squirrel mail) and has the look/feel of MobileMe. If your host won't install it, feel free to drop me a line and we could sort out hosting for you

JonB · 10 Aug 2010 at 16:30

Does it have Push?

macfanuk · 10 Aug 2010 at 16:53

JonB said:
Does it have Push?

Not sure, I'll get my server admin to check this evening and get back to you.

JonB · 10 Aug 2010 at 16:55

macfanuk said:
Not sure, I'll get my server admin to check this evening and get back to you.

Cheers. Looking specifically push to mobile phones really.

mr.sly · 10 Aug 2010 at 17:36

Thanks I'll take a look. I'd be interested if it supports Push notifications as well.

macfanuk · 10 Aug 2010 at 20:52

I have spoken to our server admin and they have informed me that Push isn't installed as standard but they are installing it on our servers and testing it this week.

macfanuk · 10 Aug 2010 at 21:24

I have just been informed we now successfully have PUSH notifications working on our servers. How much storage space would you guys be looking for?

mr.sly · 10 Aug 2010 at 23:12

Excellent. At the moment I'm using 121MB of my main Gmail account, so I'd want to port those across if I do move, plus have space for the future as well. So I'm sure 500MB would be more than enough for the time being.

Just need to think of a good email address to use now and hope the domain isn't taken.

macfanuk · 14 Aug 2010 at 15:40

Apologies for the delay in updating you guys. We have currently got a bug in the push system on our server. When you delete an email from an iPhone (for example), it doesn't delete the email on the server. I'll update you when this is sorted. Is there anything we can do in the meantime to help?