E-mail, Blogs and Mailing Lists
E-mail Accounts
With all of our hosting plans through our partnership with Maine Hosting Solutions (MHS), jebswebs offers at least one free e-mail account.
If you choose the Basic Plan ($7.95 per month for annual plans) or higher, you will receive the capacity for multiple e-mail accounts and e-mailing lists. Please see details on the MHS Hosting Plan page.
As a jebswebs customer we will help you set up your e-mail accounts and show you how to use the free webmail (browser) access portal.
Blogging with WordPress
All of our hosting plans offer the free blogging program WordPress. If you choose the MHS Standard Plan (or higher), you have the capacity to add Drupal, Joomla or any other open source content management system to your account for free.
As a jebswebs customer, we are available to set up and maintain your WordPress account or assist you in setting up and maintaining it yourself.
Mailing Lists
Internet Mailing lists (sometimes called e-mailing lists) come is two types ("Listserv" and "Broadcast") and most of our hosting plans through Maine Hosting Solutions offers both.
Most people are familiar with the traditional "Listserv" which is a automatic e-mail distribution list service. In this model, users who are members of "the list" send a standard e-mail to a specific e-mail address and their e-mail is distributed to all of the other e-mail addresses on the list. In most cases the system is set up that all responses to that initial e-mail are also distributed to all on the list. This type of mailing list system is best used with organizations that want to keep members informed about what's happening and allow them to start discussions between and among the members.
jebswebs, with our partnership with Maine Hosting Solutions, uses Mailman, an open source mailing list solution. As a jebswebs customer, we are available to set up and maintain your Mailman account or assist you in setting up and maintaining it yourself. Contact us today for more information about this service.
The second type of mailing list is a "broadcast" mailing list where announcements are sent out to large numbers of e-mail addresses. In this system, the list owner can prepare a special announcement e-mail and distribute quickly to a large number of addresses. This type of application is used for broadcasting announcements and news (e-newsletters). We can even set up a script on your website that will allow your website visitors to subscribe themselves (or unsubscribe) to your broadcast mailing list.
At jebswebs, we recommend PHPlist which is an open source broadcast mailing system. We can install, set up and manage your PHPlist application, or assist you in setting up and maintaining it yourself. Contact us today for more information about this service.