E-mail Woes

This week I’ve had reports from clients and colleagues that messages they sent to me were not making it and that my web host (which had been handling my e-mail as well) had been placed on a blacklist for suspected spam activity. I know they work hard on dealing with those issues, but I’d had enough and my e-mail is worth an extra investment to keep up and running. So, I signed up with an e-mail hosting service where that is all they do: webmail.us.

I came across this company a few months back when I had first researched the issue. I also found a blog by their CEO, Pat Mathews, which I subscribed to. In the intervening time, Pat came across as level headed and very passionate about his company via his blog posts, so I decided to give them a shot. Good example of blog marketing at work.

So far, their IMAP service is BLAZING fast compared to what I had before. Their tech support was also very responsive when I sent in a couple suggestions on the registration process. I’m very hopeful this will be a good investment for me ($120/year for five 1GB mailboxes).

Update: I won’t bore you with details but I inadvertently blew away my MX records at my DNS host, which means the Internet doesn’t know where to send my mail. I have reset it so hopefully it will be back in order soon. If you sent something to me today and have not received a response, please resend in the morning (Friday 12/2) or e-mail me at davgam at mindspring dot com.

Comments

Kevin Holland
David, fyi, I just tried to email you twice and got two permanent failures.

December 2nd, 2005 at 2:20 am
David
Thanks, Kevin. My account appears to be having some issues at webmail.us but they are looking into it. I am aware of the irony here. :(

December 2nd, 2005 at 2:34 am
David
I also have self-inflicted issues noted in the update above. Some days I hate being my own tech support.

December 2nd, 2005 at 2:44 am
David
For future readers, webmail.us solved the issues on their end in short order, so I’m a happy camper again.

December 3rd, 2005 at 9:39 pm