I have talked to many businesses when they are having problems with their email. When asked how much they are paying for their email hosting service, unsurprisingly ranging from RM200 to less than a thousand annually. They were promised with unlimited users package, so-called 100% uptime, etc. Fact is, they have all kinds of problem from email lost, SPAM to poor technical support!
Various DNS Tools unveil the problem of their poorly setup email service, bit all it sounds too technical to them! Yet, it is obviously too attractive of the package they have signed up.
Here is how a simple math says all,
Said Company A with 50 staff, subscribe to email hosting service by paying RM1,000 yearly
Let’s drill down to a single month,
It would be RM83 a month for 50 staff, or RM1.67 for every staff in a month.
Hmm, am I hear it wrong? RM1.67?
My office cleaning service costs me RM120 a month!
My last McDonald’s meal cost me RM10…
Understand that the above email hosting company may be looking at volumes, but maintaining a reliable email hosting infrastructure can not be cheap too! I have yet to use the RM200/year email hostingpackage (Look at The Star In-Tech if you plan to subscribe one) in my sample…
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