For those of you still using LP's Horde, Roundcube, or Squirrelmail, here's a few reasons why you should switch right now to Windows Live Mail or Google Mail for domains.

If you're not familiar with what I mean, it's basically that you can have yourname@yourdomain.com and use either Windows Live Mail or Gmail interface for your email.  So when you check your email, it looks and feels like Windows Live Mail or Gmail but you're using your own personal domain email account.  Pretty cool stuff.

First let me say that I've used Horde webmail for the past 8 years with Lunarpages, I know, Roundcube is a little better, but not much.

So, here are a few reasons why you should switch:

o  No offense, but Horde, Roundcube, Squirrelmail just aren't *that* good, especially Horde.  I mean really, it's 2010.
o  You will now be using an always and automatically updated email system, from the 21st century.  
o  When Lunarpages goes down (not very often, but hey, it does sometimes), you can STILL access your email
o  IF you ever decide to switch from LP to another hosting service, you won't lose any of your email.
o  And better SPAM filtering and other cool options built-in to the webmail system

Again, I've been with LP for 8 years, don't plan on leaving anytime soon, but if I ever do, I'll be set with my email.

So... any reasons NOT to switch to one of these email services I mentioned??

I didn't realize Yahoo did this too, but I guess I'm not surprised since many others offer it now.

I would have switched to Gmail for domains a long time ago but they charge $50/user/year once you go over just a few email accounts.  I have 40, which is way over their free limit, and so $2,000/year was WAY too expensive for me.

So I recently checked out the Windows Live Mail, and they let you have up to 500 email accounts for free (with ad support but oh well), so I went with them.  And I figure pretty much everything else I use is made by Microsoft, they're stable, so thought it'd be a great choice for business email.

BTW - I love your website, what'd you use to make it?  I've been using Concrete5 and Drupal for the most part for mine.
 

Forgot to add....

Why pay for gmail when yahoo and live (hotmail) allow you to do it for free.

Now I understand that google will host your email domain but I don't want that, my forwards work great for me.

I also changed the mx records for another business I have.

For this business I forward the email to each employees webmail provider.
4 use hotmail, 3 yahoo, and one google.

Now each employee can use the webmail provider of their choice.

With your way they each would have to use hotmail.

I like forwarding the email to their personal accounts because this assures they answer the emails without having to check a personal and business account. Compliance is better when everything goes to one place.