After three decades of running my own personal email server in my hall closet, I am going to move my two Domain email MX to a hosted solution. Sonic is my ISP and handles my DNS.
The one feature I really need is inbound Distribution lists. This is the feature that allows one to create and email address that does not connect to any mailbox. It is a routed address. Typically, there is a place to manage were this inbound email goes. Usually a list of actual email boxes. Sometime even back out via SMTP to other internet addresses.
In our case we use about 15 inbound email addresses that go to either myself or my wife or both. About 10 if those stay static year in and year out with about 5 of them being created and deleted to use with websites that need an email but we do not want to give them one that cannot be tossed.
Some systems call Distribution Lists something like Groups or Identities. Many system have internal or outbound Distribution Lists but I am finding the inbound Distribution Lists are a feature not implemented by many. My Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise as well as Mail Enable both have inbound DL's.
I have asked support at Sonic if they have this feature and all I get is half-baked responses. When I asked for clarification I got zero response. The folks at the front line of support these days at sonic I doubt have no idea what a MTA is or how email actually works.
I a hoping that someone at Sonic that actually knows how email works can give me a solid answer. I would like to just centralize everything at Sonic, but I can also move my MX to a number of other places.
Thank you, James
The one feature I really need is inbound Distribution lists. This is the feature that allows one to create and email address that does not connect to any mailbox. It is a routed address. Typically, there is a place to manage were this inbound email goes. Usually a list of actual email boxes. Sometime even back out via SMTP to other internet addresses.
In our case we use about 15 inbound email addresses that go to either myself or my wife or both. About 10 if those stay static year in and year out with about 5 of them being created and deleted to use with websites that need an email but we do not want to give them one that cannot be tossed.
Some systems call Distribution Lists something like Groups or Identities. Many system have internal or outbound Distribution Lists but I am finding the inbound Distribution Lists are a feature not implemented by many. My Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise as well as Mail Enable both have inbound DL's.
I have asked support at Sonic if they have this feature and all I get is half-baked responses. When I asked for clarification I got zero response. The folks at the front line of support these days at sonic I doubt have no idea what a MTA is or how email actually works.
I a hoping that someone at Sonic that actually knows how email works can give me a solid answer. I would like to just centralize everything at Sonic, but I can also move my MX to a number of other places.
Thank you, James