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Mail Service #4

Open dentarthur opened 5 years ago

dentarthur commented 5 years ago

Domain registrar will provide free inwards mail forwarding of *@domain to primary and secondary mail servers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_forwarding

We could eventually use a setup like this:

http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/running_gnu_mailman_at_home/

Plus long term retention of archives.

Would use: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Mailman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getmail

But in cloud, not at home.

Problems:

  1. Complex to setup and maintain.
  2. Outgoing mail not on "whitelist" of non-spammers tends to end up in spam folders or rejected.

There are ISPs that provide service avoiding both above.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailbox_provider https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_hosting_service

Please list some some URLs with pricing and features

Especially looking for (more obscure and cheaper, distinct) secondary MX service:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_host

See especially footnotes: https://www.nber.org/sys-admin/smarthost.html https://www.socketlabs.com/blog/when-using-a-smart-host-is-the-smart-choice/

dentarthur commented 5 years ago

Just discovered Google offers sufficient email free for non-profits: https://support.google.com/nonprofits/answer/1614602 https://support.google.com/a/answer/6047848

Plus all these "other benefits" except OneEarth which is USA only. https://support.google.com/nonprofits/answer/1614581?hl=en&ref_topic=3247288 I assume we will be eligible as (3)

"Organizations must be currently registered with Connecting Up, TechSoup Global's regional arm. Organizations must be: (1) deductible gift recipients (DGRs) endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) or listed by name in the tax law; (2) charities registered with the Australian Charities and Nonprofits Commission (ACNC); or (3) income tax exempt not-for-profit organizations as defined by the ATO."

https://support.google.com/nonprofits/answer/3215869?hl=en&ref_topic=3247288

But also need to register with Connecting Up:

https://www.connectingup.org/donations/

Please check them out carefully for any problems, benefits and implications for wording our aims.

If ok we can ignore email issues till much later.

dentarthur commented 5 years ago

NB Not eligible for: "A school, academic institution, or university (philanthropic arms of educational organizations are eligible). To learn more about Google's programs for educational institutions, visit Google for Education."

https://support.google.com/a/answer/134628 Requires formal accreditation

so aims should not imply "academic institution" but research (and education?) for public benefit.

Need samples of comparable aims.