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Hybrid Email Solutions

Cost-effective routing between M365 and private local servers — premium cloud mailboxes for the people who need them, economical local mailboxes for everyone else.

At a Glance
Up to 60% Licence Savings

Pay cloud prices only for the mailboxes that genuinely need cloud features.

One Domain, Two Platforms

Everyone stays @yourcompany.com — senders and recipients never see the difference.

Unlimited Local Mailboxes

Notification, scanner and system accounts without per-seat fees.

Collection of mail envelopes
Overview

Why It Matters

Not every user needs a full Microsoft 365 mailbox. A hybrid setup gives your leadership and client-facing teams M365, while warehouse, factory-floor or high-volume notification accounts live on a private mail server at a fraction of the cost — all under one domain, completely invisible to the outside world.

Like everything we do at V12, this comes with our family-run promise: honest advice, transparent pricing, and zero-jargon support from the same engineers who built your system.

Scope

What's Included

  • Mail flow architecture — split routing designed so every address reaches the right platform
  • Private mail server build — hardened Postfix/Dovecot or mail appliance on your hardware or ours
  • Unified domain configuration — single MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC covering both platforms
  • Anti-spam & anti-virus — filtering on the local side that rivals the cloud offerings
  • Webmail & mobile access — local users get modern webmail and phone sync, not a downgrade
  • Per-user cost mapping — a clear sheet showing exactly what each mailbox costs you
Capabilities

What We Deliver

Smart Mail Routing

Inbound mail is routed per-mailbox to M365 or your local server — automatically and reliably.

Hardened Local Mail

TLS-only, fail2ban-protected, properly authenticated private mail that stays off blacklists.

Seamless Coexistence

Shared global address list and smooth internal mail between cloud and local users.

Enterprise Filtering

Multi-layer spam and malware filtering on both legs of your mail flow.

Full Mobile Support

IMAP/ActiveSync for local mailboxes — mail, contacts and calendars on any phone.

Easy Tier Moves

Promote a user to M365 (or back) in minutes as roles change — no address changes ever.

Our Process

How We Work

01
Profile

We classify every mailbox: who needs Teams and shared calendars, who just needs reliable email.

02
Design

Routing topology, server sizing and security policy are mapped and costed transparently.

03
Build & Route

The local platform is built, DNS updated, and split routing enabled with careful testing.

04
Tune

Deliverability is monitored for weeks after go-live; filters and policies tuned to your traffic.

FAQ

Common Questions

Nothing at all. Everyone sends and receives as @yourcompany.com with identical deliverability. The split is purely internal routing — invisible to customers, suppliers and even most staff.

Built properly, yes. We deploy TLS-enforced, MFA-capable servers with modern filtering, behind your firewall, monitored continuously. The horror stories come from unmaintained servers — ours are patched and watched.

A typical 50-user business with 20 cloud-tier and 30 local-tier users saves roughly half its annual email spend versus all-M365 — we'll prepare an exact comparison for your user count before you commit.
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