Last time I asked in this forum, it helped a lot. We were discussing data security, and well, the person mentioning sugarsync deserves a medal. My own server, updating, sharing etc, and I signed up for the commercial service which works a charm. No need to use thumb drives, and we can work together on a lot of stuff with no issues, great service. (cheaper than server too).
OK, all my info is on sugarsync and also backed up all over the place, on at least 3 computers.
Only one thing was not added into that system - my outlook emails, and well, I am currently having a recovery service looking after them on a damaged harddisk. No worries about company data, new disk drive, install and log into sugarsync, and then there it all was!
I am looking for a similar service for emails, IE where I can have my regular interface all over the place, the emails saved in the cloud AND on my desktop, as I get lots of huge attachments which I am supposed to save, and easy access to everything as long as I have an internet connection.
That said, I do not like services such as basic hotmail, i have business pop3 mails etc etc etc, all linked to my web site, so it should work with my existing architecture.
My suggestion would be to use a google apps account. You can configure it to your own domain name so your email addresses are: you@yourdomain.com, it’s auto backed up into the cloud by Google, works with any client (Outlook, Thunderbird, iPhone, Android, Apple Mail, etc.), is built for small businesses.
We use it for our 20-person company and it’s worked like a charm for us for more than a year.
I am intrigued, how does it compare to the Microsoft solution?
Also, can you upload old mails into the cloud? Could I have a mail client with up to date emails stored locally on several devices, IE my desktop, notebook, home desktop etc?
[quote=“Mr He”]I am intrigued, how does it compare to the Microsoft solution?
Also, can you upload old mails into the cloud? Could I have a mail client with up to date emails stored locally on several devices, IE my desktop, notebook, home desktop etc?[/quote]
Yes, because the mailserver is “the cloud” the clients on each device will be synched by pulling from the cloud and writing to the cloud. Basically the settings are telling the client to both get all mail and to keep all mail on the server. Google Apps is free and I haven’t tried Microsoft or Apple’s solution. There is a tool called Google e-mail uploader that is intended to make migration easier (ie: upload old mail into Google Apps). code.google.com/p/google-email-uploader/