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Why is that? I know people who run large businesses on OVH hosted email. Own domain, SMTP/IMAP goodness, everything just works, cheap and portable. Why would I
by lpcvoid 5y ago
Why is that? I know people who run large businesses on OVH hosted email. Own domain, SMTP/IMAP goodness, everything just works, cheap and portable. Why would I ever want to ensnare me or my users to a Microsoft owned service?
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoI just looked at OVH’s offerings and it looks like their email is just based on Microsoft Exchange Server? [1] I still count that as Microsoft. It’s the same software, just in OVH’s instead of Microsoft’s datacenters. [1] https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/emails/ https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/emails/
- lpcvoid 5y agoI actually didn't know that, thanks. Then I'd change OVH to Migadu, which works well too. And in my book it's already a good start if something is not hosted by Microsoft :)
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoJust checked out Migadu. Their support page is pretty sparse, but it looks to me like they fail on the same criteria Fastmail fails on, which a sibling commenter mentioned and I replied to here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30397414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30397414 Believe me, I am also a big proponent of open software and standards. But when the open options all seem to be inferior, then it doesn't make sense to go with them, especially when they have to support a business. (also, the name is pretty funny to me, as 'mi gadu' is slang for 'oh my god' in the Netherlands :P)