As we work with independent agencies, we are always looking for better ways to do things (and hopefully save money as well).  We like to "practice what we preach" whenever possible and when we found a great answer for hosting our company email, we recommended this to many of our insurance agency clients and overall have heard "glowing reports".  What's even better is that for 99% of agencies it is totally free!

Possibly you have an exchange server to host your email but if not, we suggest using the service provided by Google.  (I do have friends that says, "Google has a sinister plan to take over the world" but hey, I have met people who think the internet is a fad like "pet rocks").  Google does a great job on spam filtering, you don't have to change your email addresses or anything (in case you were wondering).  Here is the place to start:  http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html