Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by andrewcooke on Friday December 07, 2012 @12:37AM
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"cheating"? people are claiming that you now need to configure your own smtp server with delivery, spam filtering etc. that's simply not true. most web hosting comes with an smtp server; you likely need web hosting anyway and pointing the smtp server at google is trivial.
i fail to see how making good use of available resources is "cheating". the idea isn't to win some geek hair-shirt contest; it is to get email delivered to your domain.
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by white_devil on Saturday December 08, 2012 @05:21AM
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If you get a domain at Gandi.net, it comes with a free e-mail service for 5 accounts. You could see if that suits your needs.
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by sciurus on Saturday December 08, 2012 @02:57PM
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Seconding this; Gandi works well for me as a registrar, DNS provider, and email provider.
There are many email providers you can use with your own domain. For example, rackspace is $2 a user a month. https://www.rackspace.com/apps/email_hosting/rackspace_email... I'm not sure why people are jumping from "Google won't do this for free for me anymore" to "I must do it myself".
Re:Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups
by sliverstorm on Friday December 07, 2012 @03:47AM
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You can take the middle ground; make your own complete mailserver, and have a forwarding GMail or similar account to act as a proxy receiver for forum registration and that sort of thing- services that are much more likely to get your address into the hands of spammers.
I actually miss running my own email domain, the privacy of it, not the actual administration. I stopped when I had gotten so crazy with aliases and disposable addresses that the spam overwhelmed me. Wasn't worth the time to 'do it right,' and I gave up my privacy for the simplicity of GMail.
I would love to leave GMail and take my privacy back, but I haven't found an acceptable alternative yet.