polarismail exchange - Page 2

George_B · 19 Nov 2010, 12:45 AM

How many accounts are you interested in having ?

sflorack · 19 Nov 2010, 01:56 AM

Unrelated to Exchange -- what webmail interfaces does Polarismail offer?

George_B · 19 Nov 2010, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sflorack

Unrelated to Exchange -- what webmail interfaces does Polarismail offer?

All of these:

http://webmail.emailarray.net/

+ our advanced interface:

http://office.polarismail.net

username: demo
domain: polarismail.net
password: demo

sflorack · 19 Nov 2010, 04:36 AM

Great, thanks.

I was aware of Atmail and OpenOffice, but didn't know the others were available.

George_B · 25 Nov 2010, 03:05 AM

We are looking for one person interested in testing out Exchange 2010. This is for a test environment only and it shouldn't be used for production/live domains. The upside is that once we do go live in about a month or so, you will retain your free account forever.

The offer is available for one domain with one e-mail account only but it does come with 25GB of storage, ActiveSync, MAPI, POP3, IMAP, OWA, etc. We are interested for this person to try out all the features and report any issues they might encounter.

PM me if interested!

digp · 26 Nov 2010, 03:10 AM

I have PM d you.

sflorack · 26 Nov 2010, 08:44 AM

I'd also be interested and have a domain available for testing purposes.

shenton · 27 Nov 2010, 04:50 PM

Hi George, not sure whether you're monitoring your PMs but have set up my mailbox and have a major issue... please could you advise, thanks!

shenton · 1 Dec 2010, 11:02 PM

Well, after a couple of initial set up issues, things seem to be going well. Log in via the Web App and Outlook 2010 is very rapid. Also, send and receive is the fastest of any Exchange provider I've tried! This may be due to only one or two accounts on the servers during the 'trial' period, but if it continues when the commercial proposition comes along, then..... sweet!

Will try out activesync on an android phone this weekend and feedback.

Anyone else trialling this at the mo? Any thoughts or opinions???

digp · 2 Dec 2010, 03:40 AM

Likewise.

I think delivery of email at Polarismail is generally fast.

Have you done some tests specifically? If so, what were your timings?

Briefly it was sluggish, but I cannot be sure if that was at PM's end or (more probable) internet congestion.

Pity Blackberry sync is not included. Activesync is great, but rules out BBs.

Having a minor issues with contacts at the moment both in OWA and on my phone (starts part way through the alphabet rather than at a, even though have contacts beginning with a), but will look into that when I get a chance.

shenton · 2 Dec 2010, 03:49 AM

George has told me that he will be releasing BES when he goes live at $10 per month. At the moment, I use Astrasync for my BB which costs $50 per annum and works OK but not as efficient as BES.

I've double checked OWA and my contacts are all in correct order.

digp · 4 Dec 2010, 03:18 AM

how are you finding spam control?

shenton · 4 Dec 2010, 03:20 AM

I'm actually forwarding to Polaris from my Google Apps account, so the spam is already taken care of. No extra false positves though.

Are you hearing from George? I've PMd some queries and replies are sporadic.

digp · 4 Dec 2010, 04:20 AM

Yes, same here, sporadic responses.

He must be busy with other things.

If it is important, he will get back to you.

I am seeing pharma spam, which is being flagged by baracudda as spam, but it is so obviously spam that it should not make it into the inbox.

I am trying to find an appropriate messagelabs reseller and will filter with that and then forward to polarismail.

messagelabs is really good in my experience.

George_B · 4 Dec 2010, 06:12 AM

hey guys,

like we mentioned, this particular service is still in beta.

We have taken all your reports and have fixed them in a newer release of the CP. It is all much appreciated - Thank you!

The spam filtering for now is also common to the main ( non-Exchange ) hosting service. In that service, all the Spam messages filtered by the Barracudas are forwarded to our filtering clusters where they get placed in the Spam folder.

Since Exchange has no such capabilities, we have built a separate filtering infrastructure that will quarantine the message on front-end servers.

We are also taking into account the ML option for individual accounts.

George

19 Nov 2010, 12:45 AM	#16
George_B Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 709 Representative of: PolarisMail.com	How many accounts are you interested in having ?

19 Nov 2010, 01:56 AM	#17
sflorack The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,939	Unrelated to Exchange -- what webmail interfaces does Polarismail offer?

19 Nov 2010, 04:36 AM	#19
sflorack The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,939	Great, thanks. I was aware of Atmail and OpenOffice, but didn't know the others were available.

25 Nov 2010, 03:05 AM	#20
George_B Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 709 Representative of: PolarisMail.com	We are looking for one person interested in testing out Exchange 2010. This is for a test environment only and it shouldn't be used for production/live domains. The upside is that once we do go live in about a month or so, you will retain your free account forever. The offer is available for one domain with one e-mail account only but it does come with 25GB of storage, ActiveSync, MAPI, POP3, IMAP, OWA, etc. We are interested for this person to try out all the features and report any issues they might encounter. PM me if interested!

26 Nov 2010, 03:10 AM	#21
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,344	I have PM d you.

26 Nov 2010, 08:44 AM	#22
sflorack The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,939	I'd also be interested and have a domain available for testing purposes.

27 Nov 2010, 04:50 PM	#23
shenton Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wigan, Lancashire! Posts: 379	Hi George, not sure whether you're monitoring your PMs but have set up my mailbox and have a major issue... please could you advise, thanks!

1 Dec 2010, 11:02 PM	#24
shenton Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wigan, Lancashire! Posts: 379	Well, after a couple of initial set up issues, things seem to be going well. Log in via the Web App and Outlook 2010 is very rapid. Also, send and receive is the fastest of any Exchange provider I've tried! This may be due to only one or two accounts on the servers during the 'trial' period, but if it continues when the commercial proposition comes along, then..... sweet! Will try out activesync on an android phone this weekend and feedback. Anyone else trialling this at the mo? Any thoughts or opinions???

2 Dec 2010, 03:40 AM	#25
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,344	Likewise. I think delivery of email at Polarismail is generally fast. Have you done some tests specifically? If so, what were your timings? Briefly it was sluggish, but I cannot be sure if that was at PM's end or (more probable) internet congestion. Pity Blackberry sync is not included. Activesync is great, but rules out BBs. Having a minor issues with contacts at the moment both in OWA and on my phone (starts part way through the alphabet rather than at a, even though have contacts beginning with a), but will look into that when I get a chance.

2 Dec 2010, 03:49 AM	#26
shenton Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wigan, Lancashire! Posts: 379	George has told me that he will be releasing BES when he goes live at $10 per month. At the moment, I use Astrasync for my BB which costs $50 per annum and works OK but not as efficient as BES. I've double checked OWA and my contacts are all in correct order.

4 Dec 2010, 03:18 AM	#27
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,344	how are you finding spam control?

4 Dec 2010, 03:20 AM	#28
shenton Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wigan, Lancashire! Posts: 379	I'm actually forwarding to Polaris from my Google Apps account, so the spam is already taken care of. No extra false positves though. Are you hearing from George? I've PMd some queries and replies are sporadic.

4 Dec 2010, 04:20 AM	#29
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,344	Yes, same here, sporadic responses. He must be busy with other things. If it is important, he will get back to you. I am seeing pharma spam, which is being flagged by baracudda as spam, but it is so obviously spam that it should not make it into the inbox. I am trying to find an appropriate messagelabs reseller and will filter with that and then forward to polarismail. messagelabs is really good in my experience.

4 Dec 2010, 06:12 AM	#30
George_B Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 709 Representative of: PolarisMail.com	hey guys, like we mentioned, this particular service is still in beta. We have taken all your reports and have fixed them in a newer release of the CP. It is all much appreciated - Thank you! The spam filtering for now is also common to the main ( non-Exchange ) hosting service. In that service, all the Spam messages filtered by the Barracudas are forwarded to our filtering clusters where they get placed in the Spam folder. Since Exchange has no such capabilities, we have built a separate filtering infrastructure that will quarantine the message on front-end servers. We are also taking into account the ML option for individual accounts. George