OT - Google Hosted Email (New Question)

OK with all the talk of using Google Hosted Email and such poses a question or so since I do not use it: I have my own domain and it is hosted by a provider in California (Been of great service and very happy with). They use SmarterMail 3.x (not yet upgraded to 4 or the latest 5 yet). Now I use Outlook 2007 and like to keep using it rather than the web interface from SmarterMail. Could I route all mail from my domain into Google and then use Outlook to send/receive mail from Google? Besides the great filtering capability provided by Google, what other benefits would it give me? Trying to determine if it is worth moving all my accounts over? Google apps rules, we use it for about a dozen domains and about 25 users and it works like a dream, even for those older staff members who insist on keeping with outlook! I still haven't got around to re-purposing the old linux mail server though! -- Jay

there are only 2 reasons i use googles email. *Storage Space* 6.7 GB *Key Words* What I find very annoying with outlook is when client emails me about 3 different contracts, what folder do I put it in?  Gmail lets me put it in as many as I want by letting me add multiple Key words or Labels to them. CF-talk always gets labeled *CF-TALK* and Skips the inbox, if the mail has a response from me it also gets a Gold Star. I only wish i could have sub-labels of label groups. ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Connect google hosted mail to outlook using IMAP. Then your labels show up as folders. You can then create  sub labels/ sub folders.  They are also usable from the webclient not just outlook. Paul. On 09/05/2008, at 11:31 PM, Richard Dillman wrote: ----- Excess quoted text cut - see Original Post for more -----

Yes, I'm doing that right now for sstwebworks.com. You just need to be able to make changes to the DNS records (specifically the MX records) -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) OK with all the talk of using Google Hosted Email and such poses a question or so since I do not use it: I have my own domain and it is hosted by a provider in California (Been of great service and very happy with). They use SmarterMail 3.x (not yet upgraded to 4 or the latest 5 yet). Now I use Outlook 2007 and like to keep using it rather than the web interface from SmarterMail. Could I route all mail from my domain into Google and then use Outlook to send/receive mail from Google? Besides the great filtering capability provided by Google, what other benefits would it give me? Trying to determine if it is worth moving all my accounts over? Google apps rules, we use it for about a dozen domains and about 25 users and it works like a dream, even for those older staff members who insist on keeping with outlook! I still haven't got around to re-purposing the old linux mail server though! -- Jay

I am almost positive you can pop3 into another email account and dl the emails to Google.  Downside is that the Google mail wouldn't be of the same domain.  Really what you want to do is just use Google apps mail for your domain email.  I made the switch over to Google apps after the server that my sites were on crashed and the guy couldn't replace the server (small shop).  My email was down for a couple of weeks before I put everything on Google.  Greg from AHPHosting recommended it instead of using the mail program he had on the VPS (I think it is SmarterMail if I remember correctly).   I kick myself in the behind for not doing it sooner.  The free account (which I think is better than the for pay version) allows ONLY *grin* 2 gig of space.  Now I get a lot of email and I haven't even come close to filling that yet and it has been about 6 months or so since I have deleted old messages.  The Google mail server has an excellent spam filter which cuts down a lot of the crap and doesn't apply to your total.  The spam filtered mail is saved for 30 days to give you time to spot check to make sure you are not catching good emails. The big benefit is that you mail is not with the same host as your web server.  If anything happens to your host, your mail is still fine and with a company like Google, you know that it is backed up.  I have had a couple of instances where I lost connectivity, but that was quickly fixed by the Google support staff.  Google mail allows you to connect through the web, pop3 or IMAP. Eric /*-----Original Message----- /* /*Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 8:09 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: RE: OT - Google Hosted Email (New Question) /* /*OK with all the talk of using Google Hosted Email and such poses a /*question /*or so since I do not use it: /* /*I have my own domain and it is hosted by a provider in California (Been of /*great service and very happy with). /*They use SmarterMail 3.x (not yet upgraded to 4 or the latest 5 yet). /* /*Now I use Outlook 2007 and like to keep using it rather than the web /*interface from SmarterMail. /* /*Could I route all mail from my domain into Google and then use Outlook to /*send/receive mail from Google? /* /*Besides the great filtering capability provided by Google, what other /*benefits would it give me? /* /*Trying to determine if it is worth moving all my accounts over? /* /* /*-----Original Message----- /* /*Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 6:23 AM /*To: CF-Talk /*Subject: Re: OT - Google Hosted Email /* /*Google apps rules, we use it for about a dozen domains and about 25 /*users and it works like a dream, even for those older staff members /*who insist on keeping with outlook! I still haven't got around to /*re-purposing the old linux mail server though! /* /*-- /*Jay /* /* /* /*