Google Apps = Email Peace of Mind
For years I have hosted my own email in one way or another, sometimes in my own office, on a shared hosting server, or on a dedicated hosted server. My main requirements were to have IMAP and web access so I could easily keep all email in one place and access it from anywhere. After trying Lotus Notes, Scalix, hMailServer, and a number of other open source options for Windows and Linux, I finally gave up after discovering Google Apps.
With Google Apps, I get all the power of Gmail as if it is my my own domain email server. Even though it’s Gmail, everything I send is from solodevelopersuccess.com. The free standard version includes 25 accounts with 8gb of storage each as well as Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Chat and Google Sites. I can even set Google Sites to be my primary web site, however it’s quite limited so I’m sticking with using a shared server account from A2 Hosting.