Better hosted email provider

slickback

slickback

slickback

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Been using google apps to host my domain email for the last year or so, even had IMAP setup but hated the idea of using labels as I prefer to use folders.

Anyway about a month ago I migrated over to using my web host register1.net to host my emails as they also provided IMAP, I had 2 email accounts setup one with my personal name and the other for my business.

I had apple mail and my iphone setup to access both accounts and then about 2 weeks ago I started having issues accessing my mail server. Having contacted register1.net they advised that due to too many mail requests coming from my ip address the register1.net servers thought I was sending out spam and added my ip address to the spam block list.

I was told the threshold for new email requests was 2 per min

I've seen hosted exchange 2007 services for £5.99 per email address per month but this is too expensive for me, at most I wouldn't mind paying £30 per year.

I appreciate all the advice I can get!
 
Exchange costs nearly £4 a month in licensing alone (at least for the good edition with all the features that make Exchange worthwhile) - that leaves just a couple of pounds a month for them to actually provide the service, and then a little more for profit to make it worth their while.
 
Why don't you buy a bit of hosting somewhere and host your own email?

Easiest thing to do and not that expensive, especially if you look stateside for the hosting part of things (for example Hostgator or someone can do all you want for $4.95 - had no problems when I used them last year for a while)

Most hosting accounts will come with POP3, IMAP and Webmail functionality which should cover all your bases

Hope that helps a bit
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