If you are looking for a hosted solution similar to Microsoft Exchange Web Access then BlueTie might be the thing for you. BlueTie allows you to share callendars, contacts and up to 5GB of files per user. It also includes Spam & Virus protection on each mailbox.
We have previously written about Google Apps for your YWAM base, and BlueTie is a competitor of that. Like Google Apps you need to set-up your e-mail to be directed to BlueTie's servers in your MX setting of your DNS registration. This is thankfully not hard to do, but it might need to be done by the person who hosts / set-up your web-site.
BlueTie is free / ad supported for up to 20 users, which makes it ideal for most smaller YWAM bases. If you need more then 20 users you can purchase the Premium version for $5.00 per user, per month.
From what I have seen on their web-site it looks like a pretty slick application. TechCrunch gives it a pretty good review. We are currently looking for options like this for our sister YWAM base up in Darwin. We were looking at Google Apps, but I will add this to the list of possibilities, I just need to find our more of the needs from their base director.
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BlueTie - I Need to Read the Comments
Remind me next time to read the comments on any review that I read about a product.
After reading the comments under the TechCrunch article it looks like the Free version of BlueTie is only available to US based businesses / locations. Pretty useless for most YWAM bases out there, but it could serve a few of our US bases.
BlueTie outside the US
The fee-based email and collaboration offerings from BlueTie are also available in the UK. Anyone wishing to sign up should visit us at www.bluetiebiz.co.uk or call us free on 0800 177 7047.
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