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Re:Reduce Your Business Costs With Free Stuff by ciscoriordan on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @10:10AM (#338912)

Useful, but they didn't include Google Apps. No need to deal with an SMTP server, and it's $50/year or free with ads. It's a lot easier to sync calendars and documents across a team if everyone is using Google Apps.

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Re:Reduce Your Business Costs With Free Stuff by mikeryan on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @12:59PM (#339080)

I think you're mainly referring to using Google for Mail (as opposed to running and SMTP server). Actually that's what I'm going to refer to - its the one argument I have, using Google for mail gives you POP/IMAP and a great web interface, as well as robust architecture, all built in for cheap/free -definitely worth it. (Note you can just point your mail to google via DNS and still control your domain).

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Re:Reduce Your Business Costs With Free Stuff by cbrinker on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @11:58AM (#339011)

They did include google apps. Look at "He’s no longer the Richest Man in the World" again.

Some businesses like keeping their data internal. There's nothing wrong with running your own SMTP server. Personally, I'm not exactly thrilled with Google's choice to make email into "conversations." Plus, how much control do you have over your data if it's in Google's hands?

Ever heard of Hula?

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