Been researching about this and would like to hear opinions.
Some clients can't afford anything but shared hosting and I actually agree on several cases because it makes no sense to pay more, they don't need big stuff, superfast servers, etc, it's not critical for them. BUT they need their own email system and that's the expensive thing considering private hosting.
When a client is located on a shared server, all the sites hosted there share the same IP and the sins of one client will hurt the others (IP reputation), yes you can buy a private IP address but that doesn't mean your email will use it. Suddenly you receive no replies because clients are getting the mails directly into the junk folder (if delivered at all).
Google offers G mail to deal with this, not only a gmail account, they can take care of your email after tweaking your server config: G becomes your email provider, or sort of. BUT you become one of many delivering peacefully all your data to G. Free? ha, there is no such thing as free in this world. This is not something I advice to do, sure you might disagree.
What are the other options?
