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Hi,

Not sure if this is really the right forum for this, but not sure where else to put this question:

I am looking to move my personal email away from gmail and on to my own personal domain. Now my requirements are:

  • IMAP access for use on mobile/ home laptop
  • Webmail access for work, etc

What is the best solution here? I have looked at an option with Exchange Online http://bit.ly/qJ38PP which seems good, but one of my main drivers to move away from the likes of Google and their 'big brother' network... Moving to an MS solution is probably just paying for the same thing, right?

In that case, my own hosting and then just install some webmail client? if so any recommendations?

I guess one of the nice things about M$ is that all their spam filtering, phishing protection, etc is there and set up - not so much so with my own hosting.

Keen to hear any suggestions on this one.

Thanks
 
Why?

If its because you want to use your own domain, then you can just use google apps. If you really care about the "big brother" network that much then you can run your own mail at the expense of much of your time.

In between are companies that you can pay who probably won't snoop your mail (neither will google according to what they say, afaik) but they'll still be able to all the same.

You already knew this but there is it reaffirmed.
 
Yes I do already know all that. My data is never 'safe' as it were whilst in the hands of anyone except me - paid or not.

Really I just don't want to see advertising in my email, and to be honest, just don't want Google knowing so much about me for targeted advertising/ search/ etc.

I work for a large SaaS company that makes marketing software, so am well aware of how difficult it would be to make myself 'anonymous' when it comes to email, and that is not the aim here... I am not going to run my own email server (Not worth the time/ effort/ hassle when it goes down/ doesn't get mail delivered), and I don't have anything to hide really/ I know the Government, M$, etc don't care about pictures of my dog that I send to my Mum, and the details of my latest holiday :)

So - as I said, any suggestions. I am going to run my own domain, yes and am well aware of what I can do with Google about this.
 
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Most web hosting companies also offer mail hosting, sometimes for a small additional charge, sometimes not.
 
Bes said:
Yes I know - it is the webmail GUI bit I am struggling with in that case - i.e. what is a decent one?

Thanks
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As I said above, if you want spam protection, decent GUI (Exchange 2010/2013) and not hosted by Microsoft or Google, then you would do well with a non MS/Exchange Online Hosted Exchange offering.
 
Bes said:
Yes I know - it is the webmail GUI bit I am struggling with in that case - i.e. what is a decent one?

Thanks
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I have used 1and1 for years and their Webmail GUI is OK, but as I have a smart phone and tablet I rarely use it. I am assuming most webhosts also offer webmail but have no idea what the GUIs look like or how they are to use.
 
Eulogy said:
As I said above, if you want spam protection, decent GUI (Exchange 2010/2013) and not hosted by Microsoft or Google, then you would do well with a non MS/Exchange Online Hosted Exchange offering.
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Any specific reccs? I am also interested to see what other people are doing
 
There's a few big players in the UK market for Hosted Exchange, just spam into Google UK Hosted Exchange and you should have a few options. For recommendations I work for one so any specific recommendation from me would be biased!
 
Yes MrBell, but I am looking for a decent web-gui too for when I am checking mail away from my home laptop! Hence asking what to use for web GUI access

Eulogy - thanks. Maybe a silly question, but when using owa, is it possible to set it to never log you out, like Google mail does?

Thanks
 
Bes said:
Yes MrBell, but I am looking for a decent web-gui too for when I am checking mail away from my home laptop! Hence asking what to use for web GUI access

Eulogy - thanks. Maybe a silly question, but when using owa, is it possible to set it to never log you out, like Google mail does?

Thanks
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You will have to deal with the default OWA options when using Exchange. You pick this when you logon, it's either:

Public - Logs you out after 15 minutes of inactivity
Private - Logs you out after 8 hours of inactivity
 
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