On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Sean Dague <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/01/2012 09:10 AM, Chris Joslyn wrote: > >> Good stuff! Thanks. >> >> I involuntarily focus on phrases like "slightly more baby sitting" and >> "a bit complicated", though. That sounds like "work" to me. >> >> I am considering Google for Nonprofits >> <http://www.google.com/**nonprofits/ <http://www.google.com/nonprofits/>>. >> My only hesitation grows from my >> >> prejudice, as in "Google" means "mostly benevolent and disturbingly >> o/mnispective overlord". Anyone tried that option?/ >> > > Yes, running a mail server is a step up from work from running a web > server, mostly because the active attack profile on email is more abused. I > personally tried to avoid it for as long as possible, but lost that battle > because of my need for mailman. >
I advise people to avoid running an smtp server if at all possible. One of my lines of consulting is email deliver-ability for those 'free' newsletter companies[where free means 'filled with advertisements']. There are so many ways for you to accidentally get on a spamlist[for example, if you just happen to be assigned an ip address used by a spammer 2 years ago] and the whole process of dealing with it is so time intensive[not that it takes a LOT of time, it just takes a long time. 5 minutes to fill out a form...wait a few days...5 minutes to follow up...wait a few days, rinse and repeat....] that I'd much rather give Google the headache. > > I don't have personal experience with Google for Nonprofits, but I'd also > be very curious on how people like it, as it might be something I help a > group do down the road. > > Their entire app platform can is the same whether it is for Nonprofits, for Education, for Business, or their free version. It's fairly simple to setup and doesn't take too much time. The downside is the privacy issue, but my own feeling is that sooo many people are already using gmail or google apps - that it doesn't really matter. Your contact list can be extrapolated by who is sending email to you and from you, and taking a subset of their contact lists. Sure it's not exact, but the few names that won't be on it don't matter that much. -Gary
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