who is the cheapest reliable pop & smtp email hosting provider.  I
want to host email for several of my domains.  I don't want to install
a server on my own.  All i need is up to 50 email accounts per domain
and stuff.

i've been through many many hosting and virtual server companies,
ranging from $2-$200/month. generally the very cheap ones have had
periods of downtime. i use reflected.net now and have had great luck
with them thus far.

I use Simplicato. They have a reliable network, economical price and
live customer support. Price for me is $19.95, w 5 accounts, 100MB per
account, spam blocking and virus protection. They can probably do
better on pricing for multiple domains and more than 5 accounts.

google supports pop and smtp server , so u can go for gmail for this purpose

Yeah, just purchase your TLD and set up mail forwarding to send email
to gmail and you shouldbe ok.

www.oneandone.co.uk is a great place to set this up. It will cost you
about 10 dollars per year.

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