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Category:IT/Web/Programming > Other

ID:10265

Title:Email hell - help to change email address and inform all Outlook contact -& be future proofed.

Location:Anywhere

Job Description

I am a moderate experienced private user of Vaio, (Xp pro, downgraded from Vista!) Outlook 2003.
I have been using Bigfoot.com service (it forwards to up to 5 of my email addresses) for over 10 yrs as my main personal email name (yahoo as secondary).

Bigfoot is now v unreliable. I need to talk strategy / implementation of of replacement address system. I have my own unused domain (@myname.com) plus sundry yahoo and Gmail accounts and potential new biz emails.

should I have an exchange server ( I am not big on any more maintenance!!) or set up, say, a new Gmail acc and be done with it - for future proofing.

Also what is best way to inform a few hundred contact of my new address? Can one use 'plaxo' in reverse or use Outlook vcards?? or what? I have a dread of all this change and need help to be up beat about it!!
So, I need an experienced expert of Outlook 2003 and emails generally to hold my hand etc - using Skype- in a time zone close to GMT ONLY
pls. ASAP

Job Budget

Type:Per Hour

Budget:£20 - £30 per (Approx $31 - $47)

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Attached Files: None

Bidding ends:Bidding Closed

Job Posted:05/08/2009 13:40

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Bids:17

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Clarification Board

J. J. on 05/08/2009 14:41
Hello!

I am a freelance web developer and graphivs designer, however I found myself very similar situation few months ago as you are now.

I was looking for reliable e-mail service that is easy to use, accessible from Outlook via POP3 or IMAP and web, iPhone etc.

I found Google Apps to be the best solution for me. Google Apps is service provided by Google.

There are 2 options - corporate account and free account for personal use - you can use yourdomainame.com and upto 25 e-mail accounts, 25 GB disk space, forwarding and all other features similar to Gmail account. So basicly it's a Gmail account for business user.

I would like to bid on this project but unfortunately you accept bids only from UK:

B. D. on 05/08/2009 14:52
Apologise - I meant to open up the location from UK only -
to 'all close to GMT' so we can Skype in normal UK office hours. Even so UK is my preference

J. J. on 05/08/2009 14:55
I am from Estonia GMT +2

K. Q. on 05/08/2009 17:22
Hi,

Having had a similar problem I found and purchased an Exchange account from a company. It supports all mail clients and mobile/web access too. Costs about 120GBP per year.
Very helpful and approachable people and allows use of own domain too.

I would bid for this (UK based) but I can't bid "0' for anything as this is less than an hours chat.

Hope you get a reasonable solution, for a reasonable price...good luck!