Originally published August 3, 2025. Last updated October 2026 with Rackspace’s 2026 pricing and add-ons, current Greatmail plans, and what changes when you buy Rackspace Email through a reseller. Most Rackspace Email reviews are written by people who used it for a few weeks. This one comes from a company that has sold it for … Read more
If your Greatmail account works in Classic Outlook and Thunderbird but fails to set up or stops syncing as an IMAP account in the new Outlook for Windows, your settings are probably fine. The difference is how the new Outlook connects: it does not talk to our servers from your PC at all. We recently … Read more
Originally published June 5, 2025. Last updated October 2026 with verified pricing for all eight providers, Migadu added in place of Posteo (which doesn’t host custom domains), and every provider compared on its cheapest plan that includes your own domain and IMAP access. IMAP email hosting gives you professional email on your own domain that … Read more
Originally published May 21, 2025. Last updated September 2026 with current Migadu and Greatmail pricing, corrected Migadu plan limits, and cost comparisons by team size and sending volume. Migadu and Greatmail are both dedicated email hosts. Neither bundles an office suite or funds a free tier with ads; both simply host email for your own … Read more
You have a mailbox to move from Microsoft 365 to a new IMAP host. The obvious tool for the job is IMAPSync — it has moved millions of mailboxes and it is the first thing most administrators reach for. So you install it, set your source server to outlook.office365.com on port 993, run it, and … Read more
Introduction Windows 10’s end-of-life date is approaching fast. This combined with rising hardware costs has many users looking for OS alternatives and finding Linux as a viable option. But here’s the question that might make you stop: What about my email? After migrating one of our office systems from Windows 7 to Linux Mint, we … Read more
Originally published October 25, 2024. Last updated June 2026 with current 2026 provider pricing, SendGrid and Amazon SES free-tier changes, and refreshed market context. For businesses that rely on high-volume email communications, whether for customer notifications or marketing campaigns, email deliverability is crucial. While traditional email hosting handles standard, lower-volume communications, SMTP hosting is designed … Read more
Originally published September 17, 2025. Last updated May 2026 with current pricing, a new GoDaddy section, and 2026 market context. When we started Greatmail in 2003, our plans started at $19.95 per month for 25 mailboxes and 250 MB total storage—that’s right, a 10 MB mailbox was standard in the primarily POP3 days! This price … Read more
If you’ve been looking for email hosting, you’re likely finding a market full of overlapping features that all seem to do roughly the same thing and a wide range of price variance. What’s more, as providers raise mailbox prices to keep up with rising infrastructure costs, customers are compelled to explore alternatives. The real question … Read more
Rackspace recently implemented pricing changes for its Rackspace Email platform. Many businesses first noticed the increase when reviewing recent invoices or renewal notices. As a result, companies that rely on Rackspace Email are now reviewing their costs and evaluating the options available to them. This article explains what changed, what Rackspace Email costs now, and … Read more