GMail for Domains vs. MS Live Office? 46
utlemming asks: "With the announcement of GMail for Domains and Microsoft Live Office, both in beta, business users will soon have a choice in hosted email solutions and my organization was lucky enough to be selected for both beta programs. Seeing major differences between the two in terms of usability, ease to setup and features, I have written this a review of both products based on my testing. This leads me to my question: what experiences have you had with GMail for Domains and Microsoft Live Office, and how have they worked with your organization?"
Re:Fuck. My Eyes! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fuck. My Eyes! (Score:2)
Hey, a hooker with a glass eye is a popular thing in extreme porno that wants to go beyond triple...
Lack of corporate paranoia? (Score:4, Interesting)
-Rick
Re:Lack of corporate paranoia? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Lack of corporate paranoia? (Score:2)
I'm not saying a company should be looking to scrub their backups after receiving a subpoena, but if you delete an email that could be used in a legal proceeding (prior to the request) you have the safety of knowing that that email/document is gone.
-Rick
Re:Lack of corporate paranoia? (Score:3, Informative)
The trick a lot of companies do is to delete email BEFORE they get a subpoena. It's questionable if you know a subpoena is coming. So the new thing is to set a policy where all email must be deleted after 90 days or something. Plausible deniability. This is something that can generally be enforced if you handle your own email. If you have Google handl
Re:Lack of corporate paranoia? (Score:2)
Re:Lack of corporate paranoia? (Score:2)
Of course I haven't heard about them doing that. But other companies certainly have. If you're serious about keeping your email private, store it on your own server (not a vhost, you moron), and DELETE IT.
Re:Thank goodness for the Firefox extension. (Score:2)
-nB
Re:Thank goodness for the Firefox extension. (Score:2)
Re:Thank goodness for the Firefox extension. (Score:2)
Re:Thank goodness for the Firefox extension. (Score:2)
Yeah, but my Greasemonkey script for collapsing comment trees isn't working. I then tried turning on the tree-collapsing capability in the Slashdotter extension, but the link that collapses replies didn't show up. Is anyone else having this problem?
If messing with comment collapsing is an April Fools prank, that was poor taste, Taco.
Re:Sweet Jesus it burns!!!111!!! (Score:2)
It's going to be a long Saturday . . .
Re:Sweet Jesus it burns!!!111!!! (Score:2)
BBQ -- as in "it roasted my eyes"
Gmail for domains is ok... (Score:1)
Re:Gmail for domains is ok... (Score:2)
Re:Gmail for domains is ok... (Score:1)
This is what passes for a review? (Score:3, Insightful)
OH GOOGLE I LOVE YOU HAVE MY BABY.
I've saved the rest of you the trouble of reading all the way through this trash.
Re:ugh (Score:2)
it's not fucking april fools yet you assholes!
It is where I am. In fact that pink kicked in at exactly midnight GMT+0.
A few points (Score:4, Informative)
1. This is BS. I am on a Mac, and my domain is administered while I'm in Camino. I'm logged in right now, the URL is https://domains.live.com/Manage/managedomains.asp
2. I have used Google's domain hosting as well, and it's nice, but it's very minimalistic at this point. It is cool that you can change the Gmail logo to your company's logo though.
As for users signing in, yes, they do have to sign in via hotmail. It says so RIGHT IN THE ADMIN AREA. This guy couldn't find the big text on the left side that says "Users may access their email accounts by signing in to http://www.hotmail.com./ [www.hotmail.com]"
WEAK. This review needs to be nixed. No digg.
Re:A few points (Score:3, Informative)
This story is fraught with errors.
Re:A few points (Score:1)
Ditto
Re:A few points (Score:2)
Hmmm ....
Exactly what I've come to expect from a Microsoft hosted thing. Offline, proprietary, and an error
Re:A few points (Score:2)
Um, I hate to be obvious, but did you sign in????
Once you're approved, you can go here and follow the links: http://domains.live.com/ [live.com]
Re:A few points (Score:1, Flamebait)
Umm, I hate to be obvious, but did you miss the sarcasm?
And, really, WTF is the point of putting up an URL that other people can't get to?
Here's my l337 website
GMail is better for ponies... (Score:2)
Hosted GMail (Score:1)
Those of us who want more "serious" stuff can set up a Linux box, manage a domain and all the services.
must support IMAP, data retention policies (Score:2)
Haven't used (Score:2)
Re:Haven't used (Score:1)
Pink (Score:2)