[COLUG] Mail server advice

[Scott Merrill]

On 1/24/08, Rick Troth <rmt at casita.net> wrote:
> I recently took the Google option.
> I DO NOT like the fact that they are indexing my "stuff",
> but spam has just gotten that bad.  (My domain serves the family
> and I really don't want my wife and kids having to put up with
> either spam or my clumsy "it's broken again" attempts to deal with it.)
>
> Perhaps others could share their experiences
> with getting their email Googled?  It took me a couple of attempts.

I had run my own mail server since I got my vanity domain.  I just
recently switched to Google for Domains, for some of the same reasons
as you.

http://skippy.net/diy
http://skippy.net/google-for-domains

Among other things, I grew tired of being responsible for my family's
email.  It was hard to migrate to a new host, or make major
configuration changes without someone getting frustrated that their
email was interrupted.  Letting Google handle all the infrastructure
for me has been a real boon.

It's taken me some time to get used to the web interface, but now I
quite like it.