Everyone knows that gmail rocks. However, the branding opportunity from using a “me@mysite.com” email address outweighs the functionality (and lack of spam) that gmail provides. I don’t know how long this has been around, but Braxton Beyer turned me onto it the other day, and I’m forever grateful.
Google apps allows you to dial your MX settings to Google’s servers, and manage your email using their servers & tools. They provide free POP & IMAP support, so you can use whatever email client you would like, and easily set up your smart phone. The free service provides almost 7gb of storage, and up to 100 user accounts. More than enough for personal or small business. Here’s the breakdown on the different levels of service.
The coolest (weirdest) part? There’s no advertising anywhere! It seems that they’re offering this purely to create brand loyalty…Well, that, and data mining.
The process is fairly simple:
- Go to Google Apps & sign up
- Change your MX records at your domain registrar or host
- Verify your site
- Set up POP or IMAP, if necessary
That’s it…really easy. It brought my daily spam count down from 15-20 per day to 1-2.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Do you still have your Blackberry? If so, check this out, http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/mobile.html
January 24th, 2008 at 2:21 am
Google Apps Rock! We use their email solution for most of our web sites.
January 25th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Thanks for the link, Brax. I’m going to download it and play with it a little later this week. Are you still on a Treo?
January 25th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Yep, they have the same thing for the Treo. It’s awesome. You should also look into the Google Docs. it can be pretty handy for simple documents, and its great for sharing docs as well.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Thanks Eric! I have been looking for something like this.