Comments on: Email Hosting has no Value http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/ The Thoughts of a Technologist Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Laban Johnson http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/#comment-12390 Laban Johnson Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:07:18 +0000 http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/#comment-12390 Hi Richard! Like you, I've finally just made the switch from hosting my own e-mail on several domains to forwarding it all to my gmail account, which I also have forwarded to my cell phone via SMS so that no matter what I'm doing, if I get an important message, I already know its there waiting for me. I don't respond from my phone, thats what laptops are for, imho, but also because my phone keypad is T9 and not qwerty. Gmail is just loaded with features, you can set up as many filters as you want, and I love the javascript interface. Setting up forwarding was a commitment tho - I had to delete my email accounts on the server, or else the email would fill up the inbox there even with the forwarding in place. But now that its done, I'm a happy camper. Hi Richard! Like you, I’ve finally just made the switch from hosting my own e-mail on several domains to forwarding it all to my gmail account, which I also have forwarded to my cell phone via SMS so that no matter what I’m doing, if I get an important message, I already know its there waiting for me. I don’t respond from my phone, thats what laptops are for, imho, but also because my phone keypad is T9 and not qwerty.

Gmail is just loaded with features, you can set up as many filters as you want, and I love the javascript interface.

Setting up forwarding was a commitment tho - I had to delete my email accounts on the server, or else the email would fill up the inbox there even with the forwarding in place. But now that its done, I’m a happy camper.

]]> By: Jeremey http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/#comment-12379 Jeremey Tue, 27 May 2008 22:24:40 +0000 http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/#comment-12379 Yep... I posted roughly the same thought after using Google Apps: http://blog.jeremey.com/jeremeys_weblog/2007/11/email-hosting-i.html Yep… I posted roughly the same thought after using Google Apps: http://blog.jeremey.com/jeremeys_weblog/2007/11/email-hosting-i.html

]]> By: Rakesh Agrawal http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/#comment-12378 Rakesh Agrawal Tue, 27 May 2008 22:05:53 +0000 http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/#comment-12378 I've been an email-in-the-cloud convert for a while now... wrote this blog post about my switch to GMail 2 years ago: http://rake.sh/blog/2006/05/08/using-gmail-for-work/ And we switched SnapStream off of Outlook/Exchange to Google Apps late last year and have been very happy with the switch. I’ve been an email-in-the-cloud convert for a while now… wrote this blog post about my switch to GMail 2 years ago:
http://rake.sh/blog/2006/05/08/using-gmail-for-work/

And we switched SnapStream off of Outlook/Exchange to Google Apps late last year and have been very happy with the switch.

]]> By: Shawn Powers http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/#comment-12377 Shawn Powers Tue, 27 May 2008 20:40:47 +0000 http://www.richardyoo.com/blog/2008/05/27/email-hosting-has-no-value/#comment-12377 I agree -- particularly gmail. I hated the interface at first, but after a week or so, I began to love it. Well done Google. I agree — particularly gmail. I hated the interface at first, but after a week or so, I began to love it. Well done Google.

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