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petergh · 15 Aug 2014, 06:29 PM

Hi,

I'm looking for suggestions for an email host to suggest to someone in my family who's trying to get away from Gmail. I know all the regular companies discussed here, but I can't seem to single one out from that lot that meets all the following criteria, so I'm open to other suggestions:

Main focus on email hosting, not webhosting or something else.
Support for accounts on their own .com or .net domain
Strong IMAP support
Good, responsive technical support. With responsive I mean tickets are answered within a matter of hours, not days. No layered support.
Likely to be around for a long time. Having been around a long time already is a plus, but not required.
Privacy-oriented, or at least privacy-conscious.
A history of actually keeping the service up-to-date and improving it, not just talking about it and making empty promises.
Simple, yet functional, non-proprietary webmail interface. Roundcube or Squirrelmail will do the job just fine.

Cost is not an issue, so suggest anyone that comes to mind. I know some of the items above are vague and perhaps contentious, but it's the best I could do.

15 Aug 2014, 06:29 PM	#1
petergh Master of the @ Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,302	Suggestions for solid, small, professional email host offering .com or .net accounts Hi, I'm looking for suggestions for an email host to suggest to someone in my family who's trying to get away from Gmail. I know all the regular companies discussed here, but I can't seem to single one out from that lot that meets all the following criteria, so I'm open to other suggestions: Main focus on email hosting, not webhosting or something else. Support for accounts on their own .com or .net domain Strong IMAP support Good, responsive technical support. With responsive I mean tickets are answered within a matter of hours, not days. No layered support. Likely to be around for a long time. Having been around a long time already is a plus, but not required. Privacy-oriented, or at least privacy-conscious. A history of actually keeping the service up-to-date and improving it, not just talking about it and making empty promises. Simple, yet functional, non-proprietary webmail interface. Roundcube or Squirrelmail will do the job just fine. Cost is not an issue, so suggest anyone that comes to mind. I know some of the items above are vague and perhaps contentious, but it's the best I could do.