Custom Email Address?

[Solberg]

I need to get a custom email address.

It should look like this: myname@mycompanyname.com

How is it done?

Do I need to buy that address and then give it to my isp?

Thanks.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Do you own the www.mycompanyname.com domain? If you do, you should be able to set up email addresses through your webhost.

[fbc]

Buy the domain you want & then use Google Apps to host your email (POP3 access is included so you can still use an email client on your pc or the GMail web interface).

[Solberg]

I don't have a webhost.

Do I need buy and use the services of a host?

Can I not just but the address and replace it with the one my ISP gave me?

[fbc]

^ See my post - all you need is the domain name, you don't need a webhost.

[Solberg]

Originally Posted by fbc

Buy the domain you want & then use Google Apps to host your email (POP3 access is included so you can still use an email client on your pc or the GMail web interface).

That looks good to me.

I get my emails also on outlook with the service?

[fbc]

^ Yep, Outlook, Thunderbird, etc, all email clients will work with it. Plus you can access your email from anywhere on the web too.

[Solberg]

+ rep to both of you for helping out

Where do I buy the domain?

[fbc]

There's plenty of places selling domain names - I use GoDaddy.com based on others recommendations. Apparently their hosting isn't great, but you don't need that - all you need is their domain registry service.

Here's how it works:
- Buy the domain
- Sign up with Google Apps - part of that process will involve changing the DNS records set up with GoDaddy for your domain - but don't worry, it's easy and Google give you all the directions you need (hell, I managed it...).
- In Google Apps set up your account(s) - you can have as many as you want, and you can also create a 'catch-all' email account that will receive all email sent to accounts on your domain that don't exist. Which means when you sign up for websites etc you can just make up a domain name, i.e. topgearrocks@domainname.com, and the emails will go to that catch-all. Very, very handy.
- Set up the new accounts in your email client.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

I use Google Apps for my website's email addresses as well, initially getting Gmail to handle the mail accounts can get a bit complicated so feel free to post up if you're having problems. IMAP support is a godsend.

GoDaddy is good for .com's, but any other specific ones (eg .ca) will sometimes have specific resellers. For instance, .ca is sold by Netfirms.

[toma_alimosh]

EDIT: everyone got ahead of me, so no need for info.

[argatoga]

I second BerserkerCatSplat's recommendation on using IMAP. IMAP is portable across systems unlike POP3.

I have been using Google Apps for quite awhile with my own domains and it works flawlessly.

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by fbc

Buy the domain you want & then use Google Apps to host your email (POP3 access is included so you can still use an email client on your pc or the GMail web interface).

+1 except I vote for just using the GMail app. Viper007Bond.com's and FinalGear.com's e-mail are both hosted by Google Apps and I use the GMail interface for both.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

What would be the advantage of using the Gmail interface? I use Thunderbird to manage five accounts from three different domains and it's perfect.

[Viper007Bond]

Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat

What would be the advantage of using the Gmail interface? I use Thunderbird to manage five accounts from three different domains and it's perfect.

Are they at least hosted by Google Apps? Google filters out the 30000 spams I get a month.

But as for GMail interface vs. reading it via IMAP, I prefer the web interface due to thumbnails, easy replying, filtering, etc.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Are they at least hosted by Google Apps? Google filters out the 30000 spams I get a month.

But as for GMail interface vs. reading it via IMAP, I prefer the web interface due to thumbnails, easy replying, filtering, etc.

3 from Google Apps, 1 from Gmail, and one from the University. I love Google as a mail provider but I prefer the dedicated client interface and it just works faster than a web-based client. Personal preference, really.

[Solberg]

Just a question, my isp has given me a email account with this address myusername@ispname.net. is it possible to get the address from godaddy and just replace it with the domain my isp gave me?

[Greatgraddage]

you could get a domain and redirect the mail to that address if that's what I think you mean.

Another +1 for google apps, got 2 addresses through them now on a domain and works flawlessly.

[Solberg]

Sorry for the bump but things god massively behind schedule and I;m only getting around to this now

I will be getting my domain off GoDaddy and signing up for google mail service.

I need to be able to check my e-mails from 3 places - home, office and cell phone.

I use outlook right now for mails and calender (but only at home).

My question is, how can all 3 devices to synced up together?

I mean, when I get a mail, I want to have it on both computers and my mobile device.

I guess the outlook Calender can't be synced between two different computers can it?

[Dogbert]

Set up your mail programs at your home/office/on your cell to not delete messages off the server once downloaded. In Thunderbird, this looks like "Tools -> Account Settings -> Server Settings -> Leave Messages On Server". That way, you don't have to fiddle with syncing or any of that crap; everyone will just download the mail message as soon as they see it, instead of the first device seeing it and saying "THIS IS MINE >:O" and nobody else getting it.