Google Hosted Mail Catch All is Here
Judging by the lack of people yammering about this, I assume Google only recently rolled it out. When I first signed up for the Google Hosted Mail beta test in February, they were missing the ability to configure an email catch-all account. This was the one thing keeping me from making the switch.
Upon spotting the new feature in the admin panel, I copied all of my isnoop.net user accounts and added all seven of Google’s MX servers to my DNS. I immediately began receiving email to my fancy new mail hosting. The entire process took fifteen minutes.
I’d write up a review of the service, but if you’ve ever used Gmail, you know just how it works. The only apparent addition for hosted mail is the admin interface. Like many Google labs interfaces, this one is stark and contains just what you need to get the job done.
My only wish would be a means of copying all of the mail out of my original Gmail account into my primary Google Hosted Mail account. However, I wouldn’t hold it against them if they never gave me that ability. They’ve already done much more than I could have expected from a search engine company.
May 10th, 2006 at 8:35 am
Is Calendar working with hosted domains? I could see that being pretty useful for small businesses without an exchange server.
I signed up for hosted domains a few months ago and never got any info back.
May 10th, 2006 at 9:54 am
No, calendar is not integrated in hosted mail yet. They haven’t upgraded their Gmail widget for the personalized Google homepage yet either.
May 14th, 2006 at 4:43 pm
una invitacionpar gmail por favor
May 22nd, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Calendar is now integrated with hosted mail, in case anyone was wondering.
May 31st, 2006 at 7:36 pm
I was hoping I could get in on this. I think this is the next phase of messaging.
Seth
June 9th, 2006 at 7:02 am
how long you waiting for approval??
June 24th, 2006 at 3:39 am
thanks
July 13th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Pablo,
No nececitan una invatacion para Gmail hoy. Es una servicia que usa su telephono celular para confirmacion.
Si no vivias en los estados unidos, puedo invitarse.
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For those english speakers, it usually takes about 2 weeks for approval. It is far worth the wait.
Thanks
January 16th, 2007 at 12:35 am
I’ve been using Google hosted mail for many months now, I love it. They have finally integrated it with the rest of google, now things like personalised home page, and calender, and even google videos work with your hosted mail sign in. Your the first person i’ve stumbled across who uses it as well.
August 21st, 2007 at 11:21 pm
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