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  1. philiporchard United Kingdom

    philiporchard Well-Known Member

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    Hi,

    We've always run Gmail for our current sites, i.e. admin(at)Cardiff.couk etc. we need to run about 5 email addresses for each domain, so we can respond to enquiries etc.

    We are about to launch about 12 new directories, but Google now charge if you want name@domainname.co.uk. It's £5 per account/month.

    That would cost us £25 x 12 domains = £400 a month, which isn't feasible.

    What are the best alternative solutions for us? Thanks
     
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    seemly Well-Known Member

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    you can still send/receive email through gmail though?

    settings > accounts & import > "send mail as"

    So just set up the email accounts as normal on your hosting control panel, create the account settings in gmail, then receive/send all email through gmail?

    To receive all emails in Google, I forward my email@domain.co.uk to my main google account, then just reply as email@domain.co.uk, or send as email@domain.co.uk

    Hope this helps?
     
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    Alien Well-Known Member

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    I just use mail via the server on Thunderbird or via webmail using round cube, squirrel mail etc.
     
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    retired_member34 Retired Member

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    Phil, look up Domain Alias in Gmail help, there is no charge for additional domains, you can send and receive from as many as you like. The only restriction is the portion of the email address before the @ is the same for each domain.
     
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    You can add additional domains without them having to have the same name before the @ symbol.

    You then just add them as "nicknames" to existing accounts via the admin control panel letting you use anything@otherdomain, which doesn't have to match the main domain :)

    http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=182452
     
  7. philiporchard United Kingdom

    philiporchard Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for all the replies.

    Will look into this and try and get my head round it ;)

    Many thanks.
     
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    I thought you couldn't send as a nickname, or is it that it just can't be authenticated?
     
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    You can send as a nickname (you just need to add it via "settings")

    Mark
     
  10. Rob_F United Kingdom

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    Might be worth signing up to G Apps with a generic examplecitynetwork.co.uk domain.

    That way you can add loads of aliases e.g. info@cityname.co.uk, info@anotherciryname.co.uk, whilst still only costing you £5/month. Then when a
    client/potential client checks an email header he/she will see something like this...

    from: Your Name <info@cityname.co.uk>
    to: Your Client <whoever@gmail.com>
    date: 0 December 2012 00:00
    subject: Re: Advertising
    mailed-by: examplecitynetwork.co.uk

    Nothing more unprofessional looking than that mailed-by address being Gmail, imo.

    - Rob
     
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