Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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One of my hosting clients has signed up to beta test "Gmail for your domain" and will be moving their e-mail accounts to this service.  I think I read rumors about this service a while back, but didn't know it existed yet.

Pros:
  • Google provides the same Gmail Web client for your domain -- for Free
  • 2GB of space for every account you create for your domain
  • Control panel to administer accounts, and even a bulk upload tool to add many accounts at once
  • Free POP access, in case you want to download all your e-mail to Outlook or some other client so that you have your e-mail offline
  • Use your domain accounts with Google Talk instant messaging service
  • Customized logo for your domain
  • Free.  Did I mention 2GB of storage for each account, free?
Cons:
  • No tools (yet) to transfer your existing e-mail
  • Does not work with the Gmail Notify service
  • Not integrated with Google Calendar (yet)
  • In Beta, so you have to apply and hope you're selected to use the service
  • In Beta, 'nuff said
I'm tempted to apply for the beta, at least for one of my domains.  I love the Gmail interface.  If for nothing else, Gmail does a pretty good job of filtering spam.

What do you think?  Is this a great idea, or scary to think about Google having all the e-mail for your domain?

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:44:54 PM (Central Standard Time, UTC-06:00)
Google kicks ass, just like Dave Burke (and you of course). I'm happy to trust my email to someone who's probably the least likely web service provider to go offline, and who fights the US govts request for private info. I guess the only scary bit is that they snowballing growth makes them a bigger target for the haxor's.

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