Many small business are still using old-style hosted email, unaware that a far better, affordable alternative is readily available.
So what’s wrong with using IMAP or POP connected to a basic email service?
- Inconsistent experience as you move between devices.
- Email ‘islands’ where some messages are only on one device and not others.
- Spam and Malware.
- Hassles with SMTP settings as you move your network location
- Lack of corporate features and enterprise collaboration
Office 365 Exchange Online is a premier state-of-the-art email and collaboration platform. Your business will enjoy all of the benefits of your own private enterprise email and collaboration platform, from as little as $5 per mailbox per month. For a more comprehensive comparison, consider the table below:
| Office 365 / Exchange Online | POP3 / IMAP Mail Hosting |
| Connection over secured channels. | Unsecure connection, susceptible to man-in-the-middle attack. |
| No duplicate mail issues – mailbox contents are synchronized with server mailbox. | Duplicate mails when mail client loses information on last email downloaded. |
| Synchronize all mailbox folders, contacts and calendars consistently across multiple connected device. | Emails sent or entries added on one device may not be on another. |
| 50 Gb of storage per mailbox ensure minimal issue on mail quota. | Mailbox sizes are usually smaller, shared between user accounts with higher cost for bigger disk space. |
| Flexibility to access your mails & calendar from pc, Mac, web, iPhones, or other mobile devices with similar & familiar view & interface. | Each device operates separately. |
| Corporate and Global address list allows you to access centralized, frequently used contacts on the go. | Each contact list on each device operates separately from the others. |
| Access your calendar on the go. All edits & entries are synchronized & similar | Individual calendar on each device. New entries are not updated on all nodes. |
| Share a mailbox among a group of users accessing the same views & interface. | Not supported |
| Team meeting rooms and resource bookings at no additional cost | Not supported |
For more information on Office 365 Exchange Online, check out the relevant pages here, and contact us to help you select the plan that’s right for your business.