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February 2009 -- Hosting News |
In This Issue
- Use BudURL? Love BudURL? Want To Win Up To $2500?
- Kick the Tires on Live Oak Mail
- Live Oak Survey Response Winners
- Getting the Most From Your IMAP Email
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Use BudURL? Love BudURL? Want To Win Up To $2500?
Our sister company -- Live Oak 360 -- has created a product called BudURL. If you don't already use it, you'll want to. If you already use it, we want to hear your comments. All you have to do is create a 30 second video (or longer) extolling the virtues of BudURL and how you use it. Once complete, post it on the web at one of the social media video websites (YouTube, Vimeo, FaceBook, MySpace, etc.) and then send us the link (using a BudURL, of course). Use your creativity!
We'll post the link on our site. The video will be judged on the number of individuals making comments. If your entry wins, you'll receive up to $2,500!
Since the contest hasn't yet been officially announced (you are the first!), you'll want to check the our blog for more information as it becomes available.
Kick the Tires on Live Oak Mail
If you are curious about our Live Oak Mail, we have a no-obligation way of taking it for a drive. Live Oak Mail has two premium email service options for your organization:
SkyBox. The webmail interface offers shared calendars, contacts, and tasks. And you can still check your email using your favorite email software. You can also use WinMobile and BlackBerry syncing to keep up with your mail.
Hosted Exchange. This option allows you the same functions as the SkyBox webmail, with the additional benefit that it completely integrates with your Microsoft Outlook or Entourage. Don't have Outlook or Entourage? Don't worry -- your Hosted Exchange comes with a free copy that you can download and install for your personal use. You can even use ActiveSync, BlackBerry, Good Network to sync with your mobile device.
Send us an email requesting the login and password for either (or both!) services you would like to test drive. You will be able to poke around in either of these as long as you want. If you have any questions or would like to move to the Live Oak Mail solution, please let us know. We would love to hear what you have to say about it!
Live Oak Survey Response Winners
We were finally able to choose our survey response winners. There were so many that we found it impossible to select just one — our solution was to choose two of our favorites. You can view the winning entries on our website by clicking here. Congratulations to Patti Scribner and Sandra Kearney on their winning entries! We’ll be sending out their iPod Shuffles this week.
But don't feel as if you need to wait for our annual survey to give us your opinion. If you have an idea that would make our service even better or would like to see us offer additional services -- let us know!
We love hearing from all our customers, even if you just want to chat. You can reach us at support@liveoakhosting.com or call us toll-free at 877.272.5743.
Getting the Most From Your IMAP Email
IMAP email has a lot of advantages. The main benefit being you can check your email from several different locations and then have it sync up nicely at all the other locations.
In theory, this is the way IMAP should work.
However, we have seen a few settings and user habits that can cause issues when checking your email via an IMAP connection. The recommendations below can help you avoid the pitfalls of IMAP email and keep it a pleasant experience.
- Keep your Inbox folder cleaned out. Moving email out of your Inbox and into subfolders will cut down on the time needed to sync your mailbox and reduce connection times.
- Set your email software to check email no less than every 5 to 10 minutes. Checking it more often can put an undue load on the server, causing unnecessarily slow connection times and even connection refusals for email users.
- Turn off any settings that allows your email software to remain connected to the mail server. This can also create slow and refused connections for email users.
(For more in depth discussion of these recommendations, please visit our website.)
By maintaining your email folders and settings, we hope to make the IMAP experience the best one possible. As always, should you have any questions regarding any of these settings and habits, we’d love to hear from you, so feel free to contact us.
