Use Google Apps to Create a Personalized Email Address

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  c203nxi

  10/01/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Use Google Apps to Create a Personalized Email Address

  It would be nice if I could log on to see if I could get my own company address?

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  c203nxi

  10/01/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Use Google Apps to Create a Personalized Email Address

  Unable to enter any of my "business" email on the address site. Using Vista home premium.

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  rambler78

  10/07/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Use Google Apps to Create a Personalized Email Address

  For a business use a business solution (Google Apps). Caution:You may have problems if you try this with a personal GMail account.
  
  For three years (OK a few days shy of three years) I have had my personal email address (at a domain I own) forwarded to GMail via an MX entry.
  
  I do not use a paid version of Google Apps, this is just personal. I have had problems with a two mail servers; I can send email to a recipient but the recipient cannot reply due to security restrictions.
  
  This is not a fault in GMail servers (they could fix it, but then I have never brought it to their attention).
  This is not a fault at the recipient's end. This is the desired behaviour of the recipient's mail server.
  
  The apparent sender address (at my domain) is not the same as address stamped by the outbound mail server (Gmail's server). The recipient's mail server prevents a reply to protect against spam/phishing/malignant intentions.
  
  For a personal account, no problem. I just need to send to these two people through the real GMail address, or from another account that spoofs the headers better.
  
  This would be a bad look for a professional's email account. Imagine your first email contact with company X is rejected because their mail server detected possible fraudulent activity, or as in my case only replies to my address are rejected. If you want to keep people away, putting up barriers is a start.
  
  I have not tested, but I would presume the $50 subscription to Google Apps resolves this through sending from the subscribed domain.

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  silkenweb

  11/26/08 | Report as spam

  RE: Use Google Apps to Create a Personalized Email Address

  I think rambler78 has got the wrong end of the stick. The Google Apps package is available in a free version that should do everything that a small business of several people would need to support business mail. You are not 'spoofing' the domain as you are when using the 'send as' features available in personal GMail.

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  Moon River

  05/15/09 | Report as spam

  RE: Use Google Apps to Create a Personalized Email Address

  Google apps is great for a free service, but be warned that you need to jump through quite a few hoops to get it all working, including manually changing DNS server settings at your domain registrar and a few round-trips between your registrar and Google to confirm everything is setup correctly. If you don't yet have a domain name, I would estimate you should budget at least an hour or two to go through all the steps necessary, and then another 4-8 hours before you can do anything with your email.
  
  For my lastest business address I used www.uniquemail.com instead - they do everything all in one step - from the domain name to a working service in about 5 mins of your time. Their webmail features tasks, notes, calendar, RSS, reminders etc, and it has full integration with both Outlook and IMAP on my cell phone. I *do* own the domain too, so no funny business there.
  
  Google Apps is fine so long as a) you're somewhat of an internet guru, b) you've got plenty of time to spend on it all, c) you're only looking for basic functionality, or d) you just don't want to spend $25 on a better option