Different Types of E-mail Service
With technology constantly changing, there are always new services being made available. This is true with e-mail service as well. To help explain, we have broken down the main types of e-mail service in easy to understand terms to help you make the right decision as to what type of e-mail service your business should have. Please be aware that AJT can offer you any of the services below and/or make recommendations. Please contact our sales or support team for more information or specific questions.
POP3 E-Mail Service
This is pretty much the standard of business e-mail when you have your own domain name. This works best when you have just a few e-mail users and do not require any advanced services. With AJT this does include a free webmail interface for each user. There is no "per user" charge for POP accounts with AJT. The downfall is the fact that POP email normally runs on a single web server (rather than a cluster for redundancy as the more advanced services do) and there is no third party spam filtering service built in, however it can be added without issue.
Managed POP3/IMAP E-mail Service with Enterprise Level Spam Filtering
This is similar to the service listed above only it has the third party (or enterprise level) spam filtering built in that will capture 99% of spam. Besides spam filtering, the other big difference is this is ran off a clustered server environment - not a single web server so downtime is basically eliminated. You also get anywhere from 250mb to 2gb of storage space and a much better webmail interface, similar to Outlook. There is a per-email account fee for this service, usually under $5 per account depending on the size mailboxes you desire.
Managed and Hosted Exchange E-mail Service with Enterprise Level Spam Filtering
This (in our opinion) is the absolute best e-mail solution. It can get pricey as the price runs anywhere from $12 to $15 per month, per user, but it well worth it. Just like the above option, you get the enterprise level spam filtering and clustered server environment for a 99.99% uptime guarantee, however with exchange e-mail, a whole array of features come to life such as; unlimited storage, folder and document sharing, outlook calendar sharing, outlook exchange licensing, outlook web access (very cool - basically view your outlook exactly as it is on your computer from any computer with a Internet connection) and our personal favorite, online synchronization. If you have a Windows Mobile, PDA, Blackberry or other "Smart Phone" the exchange server will sync (over the cell signal) with your Outlook inbox, calendar and contacts. This is the ultimate for those of us that travel or are out of the office during business hours. You can also get a non-hosted Exchange server where you do not have to pay big fees per email user, but then you have to manage the server at your location (not for novices) as the connection redundancy will not be as good.
With technology constantly changing, there are always new services being made available. This is true with e-mail service as well. To help explain, we have broken down the main types of e-mail service in easy to understand terms to help you make the right decision as to what type of e-mail service your business should have. Please be aware that AJT can offer you any of the services below and/or make recommendations. Please contact our sales or support team for more information or specific questions.
POP3 E-Mail Service
This is pretty much the standard of business e-mail when you have your own domain name. This works best when you have just a few e-mail users and do not require any advanced services. With AJT this does include a free webmail interface for each user. There is no "per user" charge for POP accounts with AJT. The downfall is the fact that POP email normally runs on a single web server (rather than a cluster for redundancy as the more advanced services do) and there is no third party spam filtering service built in, however it can be added without issue.
Managed POP3/IMAP E-mail Service with Enterprise Level Spam Filtering
This is similar to the service listed above only it has the third party (or enterprise level) spam filtering built in that will capture 99% of spam. Besides spam filtering, the other big difference is this is ran off a clustered server environment - not a single web server so downtime is basically eliminated. You also get anywhere from 250mb to 2gb of storage space and a much better webmail interface, similar to Outlook. There is a per-email account fee for this service, usually under $5 per account depending on the size mailboxes you desire.
Managed and Hosted Exchange E-mail Service with Enterprise Level Spam Filtering
This (in our opinion) is the absolute best e-mail solution. It can get pricey as the price runs anywhere from $12 to $15 per month, per user, but it well worth it. Just like the above option, you get the enterprise level spam filtering and clustered server environment for a 99.99% uptime guarantee, however with exchange e-mail, a whole array of features come to life such as; unlimited storage, folder and document sharing, outlook calendar sharing, outlook exchange licensing, outlook web access (very cool - basically view your outlook exactly as it is on your computer from any computer with a Internet connection) and our personal favorite, online synchronization. If you have a Windows Mobile, PDA, Blackberry or other "Smart Phone" the exchange server will sync (over the cell signal) with your Outlook inbox, calendar and contacts. This is the ultimate for those of us that travel or are out of the office during business hours. You can also get a non-hosted Exchange server where you do not have to pay big fees per email user, but then you have to manage the server at your location (not for novices) as the connection redundancy will not be as good.
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