It Starts with A Domain Having a professional email address hosted on your own domain is crucial for businesses and organizations. It not only lends credibility to your organization but also unifies the members of your team with email addresses at a single domain. What makes this possible is email hosting, a service that provides your … Read more
Email has become an essential form of communication in today’s digital age. It’s not just about sending and receiving messages; it’s about ensuring that the messages you send and receive are secure, easily accessible, and delivered without delay. It’s also about making sure the messages you don’t want, aka spam, are reliably filtered and kept out of … Read more
Updated December 1, 2023 with new pricing. Greatmail has modified its reseller email hosting platform moving away from a shared system with per mailbox pricing in favor of a dedicated infrastructure model with fixed monthly costs. Resellers have been an important part of Greatmail’s growth since 2003, and this move gives resellers a sustainable model to manage their domains and … Read more
SPF, DKIM and DMARC are email validation protocols used to help control spam and minimize email forgeries. They work by verifying that senders are authorized to send messages on behalf of a domain. Having some or all of these technologies is good for your email deliverability and domain reputation. SPF, short for Sender Policy Framework, identifies what IP … Read more
The topic of outbound email comes up often with new and prospective email hosting clients. We often hear questions like “Can I send bulk messages?” or “Can we use the service to send newsletters?”, and the answer is always no. Email hosting is designed and optimized for businesses, groups, families and individuals to send normal, back … Read more
Microsoft makes it super easy to get your email, calendars, contacts and tasks connected with just a few settings using its proprietary Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) technology. Designed for mobile, EAS works exceptionally well in the iOS native Mail app, Android Gmail, and other popular mobile apps like BlackBerry Hub. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said using … Read more
We look at lots of email clients and mobile apps. And while most mobile apps (Bluemail, BlackBerry Hub, Outlook and Gmail) work nicely with Exchange ActiveSync, the same unfortunately cannot be said for Windows desktop clients. As a result of performance issues, Microsoft discontinued support for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) in Outlook 2016 making it difficult to sync email, calendars and … Read more
If you’re reading this article, maybe you’ve already made up your mind to set up email hosting and are looking for guidance on how to proceed. Or possibly you are still researching your options and haven’t yet made a decision for your group’s email. In either case, outsourcing your email to an email hosting provider … Read more
Email viruses and malware are constantly evolving which makes it difficult if not impossible for even the best rated antivirus and spam protection programs to keep on top of emerging threats. The last line of defense is you! Here is a list of dos and don’ts for anyone who handles email messages. Dos DO Use common … Read more
In order to reduce expenses, many businesses opt to use free email addresses when first starting up. And while you can get some mileage out of free email addresses, there are some drawbacks to using them. First, free email lacks a level of professionalism that is typically expected of serious, established businesses. Second, when all of your employees have personal email addresses … Read more