[thelist] Web and email hosting - with blackberry?

Jay Turley jayturley at gmail.com
Sat Jan 10 19:12:52 CST 2009


Thanks to Todd and everyone else who answered. I guess IMAP is the way to go.

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Todd Richards <todd at promisingsites.com> wrote:
> Hi Jay -
>
> I've had several of these come up recently, and here is how I'm handling
> them.  I actually have my own mail server, so that makes it easier, but it
> shouldn't be too difficult to find similar offerings from other providers.
>
> If it's just a laptop/desktop and one mobile device, then you can have the
> desktop "keep a copy on server for xx days".  That way they will get it on
> their PC, as well as on their Blackberry.  The problem is that they now have
> to manage email in most than one spot, so if they delete something on one
> PC, they also have to delete it on their Blackberry.  (I've also seen the
> server hiccup when using the "save on server for xx..." feature, and make
> the client download all of the messages over again. A definite PITA).
>
> The other option is to use a provider that offers a good IMAP service.  This
> leaves all of the mail on the server, so she can get it on multiple PCs (and
> even through web access) and see the exact same thing on each PC.  Since the
> mail is stored on the server, she needs to have an Internet connection (no
> offline browsing).  The good thing about this is that if she deletes a junk
> message from her Blackberry, then when she gets to the office then she
> doesn't have to delete it there too.  The downside is that if she
> accidentally deletes something from her Blackberry, then it's not going to
> be on her office PC.
>
> For the latter, make sure that the provider offers it (don't just assume - I
> don't like to offer it unless it's asked for), and see what kind of space
> you get - since your mail will be stored there.  Obviously it's not in their
> best interest to give you a lot of GB of storage space (as it will tax their
> servers/bandwidth/etc).  So you might have to set up a separate email folder
> for "offline storage" on one of the office computers to move emails to that
> she wants to save, but not use up her allotment on the mail server.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Todd
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> Subject: [thelist] Web and email hosting - with blackberry?
>
> Hi all-
>
> I'm not a blackberry user, and I work solely on the backend of web
> applications, but I've been asked to set up email and a website for a
> friend, so I was hoping someone here might be able to help me out.
>
> My friend/client wants to have email from her new domain available on
> her blackberry, her laptop, and her desktop pc. I suggested using only
> the webmail to access it, but she wants to use an email client, either
> Outlook or Thunderbird. She also wants the email to go to her
> blackberry if she's out of the office.
>
> So my question is, how would one go about setting this up, and what
> should I look for in a host?
>
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