Servers, Hosts, who and why to use?

[CreativeDisplays]

Hey Everyone here at sugar,

I recently ran into a problem with my email campaign.

Long story short I need to setup a server that handles bulk mailing

I do around 60k emails a month right now and will eventually be moving that number up.

I wanted to see some opinions on server host etc.

Who hosts for you?
Whats there email limit?
(the nitty gritty) Whats the average cost if known?

[dtokeefe]

We use and recommend Amazon EC2 cloud servers. Depending on how fast you need the messages to go out, you can use a small server to do 60 K + messages in a blast. Cost will be $80 - $100 per month.

Please do ping me on Skype (dtokeefe) to discuss your project.

Best regards,

David

[CreativeDisplays]

Hey^,

Thank you for your reply. I'm doing a 3 month trial with a company called SMTP.com. They have a shared server that is 50k which is a little less than I need. I wanted to be sure that this company is reputable and that my emails are penetrating spam blocks, etc.

I will definitely take a look at Amazon EC2.

Have you tried any other service?
What do you think about Amazon?

Thanks again for the reply.

[dtokeefe]

Hi Garrett,

From what we've heard, services that are specifically for sending email do a better job getting through SPAM blockers.

Although we do send thousands of emails per month, we like and use Amazon for different reasons, such as:

• Maintainability
• Backup
• Scalability

Best regards,

David