[XCSSA] Looking for Guidance, Experiences, Email Services

[xcssa@xcssa.org]

All:

I am searching for hints and suggestions on Email
service.  And a couple of gigs web storage (data
banking/file exchange).  Not planning on running
"web server" per se, just need a little HTTP/FTP 
file xfer / page display now and then.

ONE: I have looked at FastMail.FM, and I like their
service -- yet they are hosted in NYC -- and with
the east coast power grid weakness, I am not happy
with that.

TWO: I have looked at www.linode.com as a possibility,
and I am not sure how much system/linux admin I
want to take on.  Done a bunch in the past, and 
my workstream is too different to support all that
now.

THREE: Looked at Gmail, but seems your bits/bytes are 
too "public" for my taste.  Dont mind paying a little to
gain some direct or implied customer/vendor "privledge"
(i.e. a little like the privacy of "client/attorney
privledge" -- or the privacy you get with a CPA).

HISTORY: I am growing more annoyed with Texas.Net.  
Webmail clunky and slow.  POP is ok.  Web/file Storage 
is only 200mB -- which is whimpy by today's standards
for the money ($19 per month).

Looking for hints, suggestions, and DIRECT POSITIVE
EXPERIENCES.

Many thanks, Ronland at T exas do t  N e t
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