Serving email

- [Voiceover] Obviously, just about everyone…needs the ability to send and receive email.…Let's look at some of the different options…you have with how to handle your email…on a small network.…One option would be to go…with one of the free providers.…We could also choose to go with…a hosted provider where we pay a monthly fee,…or we could run an email server on our own network.…Let's look at each of these options individually.…The first option, a free provider.…There are several free providers out there.…All of these will provide a web-based interface…for you to send and receive your email.…

The free providers have come a long way recently,…and they offer some pretty rich features.…They're very easy to use and the web-based…interface offers great mobility.…You can use them from just about…any computer in the world.…A hosted provider is what I recommend…for most small businesses.…This is where we utilize some service.…Typically we pay a monthly fee to that service,…and that service will run our email servers…at their data center and take care of most of…