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IMAP hosting for Macs?
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I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a good IMAP email hosting company for a small business (10 employees). We have mostly Macs with a few PCs.
Our problem is our current hosting company, SImplicato, basically sucks with a Mac (emails disappear all the time). Their tech support is also horrible, and they really don't support Macs very well at all.
I've called a few other companies (Bluetie) and they don't recommend using their service on a Mac.
Any ideas?
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Dreamhost has been more than good to me for the last couple of years. Excellent service, cheap prices.
Should you decide to go for dreamhost PM me for a discount code.
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Im not really seeing how they don't recommend you using their service on a Mac. What's the difference?
There's .mac, but that might be too small for you.
There's dreamhost.com that might suit you. if you choose them and don't mind, I wouldn't mind the referrer bonus. I use dreamhost.
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Originally Posted by adamjh
I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a good IMAP email hosting company for a small business (10 employees). We have mostly Macs with a few PCs.
Our problem is our current hosting company, SImplicato, basically sucks with a Mac (emails disappear all the time). Their tech support is also horrible, and they really don't support Macs very well at all.
I've called a few other companies (Bluetie) and they don't recommend using their service on a Mac.
What do you do that is so Mac-specific with IMAP ?
I'm using Dreamhost myself, and never had any trouble...
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I know it seems weird that some IMAP hosting companies don't support Macs, but this seems to be the case. I called BlueTie and they specifically recommended against using their service with Macs. We also looked into a Microsoft Exchange setup and that rep also said no Macs. It must have something to do with Entourage/Eudora/Mac mail, but I really have no idea.
Anyway, our current host Simplicato does work with Macs, but it's spotty and unreliable.
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Clinically Insane
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Originally Posted by adamjh
I know it seems weird that some IMAP hosting companies don't support Macs, but this seems to be the case. I called BlueTie and they specifically recommended against using their service with Macs. We also looked into a Microsoft Exchange setup and that rep also said no Macs. It must have something to do with Entourage/Eudora/Mac mail, but I really have no idea.
Whoever you talked to is not the brightest bulb.
The reason why they discourage Macs is that they have no clue, and if there is a question, they look like dummies.
IMAP is not Mac specific. The latest Safari works pretty good with IMAP.
-t
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IMAP = an open standard, platform agnostic
Exchange/MAPI = a Microsoft thing.
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I agree with others that it shouldn't matter who you go through. I use mailsnare.net for my email and I use it as an IMAP account.
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