Comments on: Which Email to Use http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/ Making Tech Jive For You Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jpreardon http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-43 jpreardon Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:17:18 +0000 http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/#comment-43 JASon: Actually, I don't think you're playing up the technical side too much. I conveniently forgot about changing my MX records. It's not super difficult to do. But for anyone (most people probably) who have never even heard of an MX record, it might be less than approachable. Google does offer domain name hosting though, so there is now an alternative for those who want all that gmail goodness without having to fool around with DNS records or mail forwarding. JASon:

Actually, I don’t think you’re playing up the technical side too much. I conveniently forgot about changing my MX records. It’s not super difficult to do. But for anyone (most people probably) who have never even heard of an MX record, it might be less than approachable. Google does offer domain name hosting though, so there is now an alternative for those who want all that gmail goodness without having to fool around with DNS records or mail forwarding.

]]> By: JASon http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-42 JASon Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:23:54 +0000 http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/#comment-42 @jpreardon and Chris: The gist of this post was originally done to answer a question for a friend. That was about a year ago, so Google Apps for Your Domain hadn't really taken off yet. While those of us who have technical knowledge will have no problem with setting up GApps, I'm not certain that Joe Average Home User would be comfortable messing with MX and CNAME records. That said, <a href="http://slackermanager.com" rel="nofollow">Bren</a> and I actually worked with a local church to switch them over to GApps, and they are very happy. There is still a bit of a learning curve to the "community" aspect of it i.e. sharing calendars, group calendars, etc. I found the technical side of it very straight forward, so I was impressed. Maybe I'm playing up the technical side of it. Maybe doing the DNS stuff isn't such a big worry. I just couldn't imagine my parents being comfortable dealing with that. @jpreardon and Chris:
The gist of this post was originally done to answer a question for a friend. That was about a year ago, so Google Apps for Your Domain hadn’t really taken off yet. While those of us who have technical knowledge will have no problem with setting up GApps, I’m not certain that Joe Average Home User would be comfortable messing with MX and CNAME records.

That said, Bren and I actually worked with a local church to switch them over to GApps, and they are very happy. There is still a bit of a learning curve to the “community” aspect of it i.e. sharing calendars, group calendars, etc. I found the technical side of it very straight forward, so I was impressed.

Maybe I’m playing up the technical side of it. Maybe doing the DNS stuff isn’t such a big worry. I just couldn’t imagine my parents being comfortable dealing with that.

]]> By: Chris (from L.C.) http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Chris (from L.C.) Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:08:12 +0000 http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/#comment-41 @jpreardon: Yeah, I use it for my chriswsmith.info domain email, and love every minute of it. Another solution, though, admittedly not as slick is using IMAP (at home and the office), and if you're out and about, check it from a web interface like mail2web.com. I'donly go that route if I'm a hardcore app user (I know quite a few folks who would sacrifice thier right hand to keep thier Mail.app). @jpreardon:
Yeah, I use it for my chriswsmith.info domain email, and love every minute of it.

Another solution, though, admittedly not as slick is using IMAP (at home and the office), and if you’re out and about, check it from a web interface like mail2web.com. I’donly go that route if I’m a hardcore app user (I know quite a few folks who would sacrifice thier right hand to keep thier Mail.app).

]]> By: jpreardon http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-40 jpreardon Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:40:03 +0000 http://www.techjive.net/2007/02/06/which-email-to-use/#comment-40 One can also use <a href="http://www.google.com/a/" rel="nofollow">Google Apps for Your Domain</a> to get the best of both worlds: The longevity of a personal domain name and the sweetness of GMail. One can also use Google Apps for Your Domain to get the best of both worlds: The longevity of a personal domain name and the sweetness of GMail.

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