--- title: "How I stopped kicking myself and started using Google Apps For Domains" url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/4/27/how-i-stopped-kicking-myself-and-started-using-google-apps-f.md" canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/4/27/how-i-stopped-kicking-myself-and-started-using-google-apps-f.html" published: "2007-04-27T15:47:50" updated: "2007-04-27T15:47:50" tags: ["Off Topic"] author: "Roy Osherove" description: "It took me long enough, but I think I finally figures out a nice solution for my emailing needs. Up to now I hosted my mail at an exchange hosting company (MyHostedExchange.com) so that I can access it online and…" usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)." license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" --- # How I stopped kicking myself and started using Google Apps For Domains By Roy Osherove April 27, 2007 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic) **Historical article** · Originally published April 27, 2007; technical details may be outdated. It took me long enough, but I think I finally figures out a nice solution for my emailing needs. Up to now I hosted my mail at an exchange hosting company (MyHostedExchange.com) so that I can access it online and mobile'ish in an easy manner. But I also had to take care of my growing spam problem (over 200 spam emails per day, much more on weekends, not counting blog comment email spam). So I paid SpamStopsHere.com their monthly due as well. I also had a gmail account, hotmail account and several others. And I hated every second of it. A few weeks ago I got into [Google Apps For Domains](http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/admins/editions_spe.html). I've started using their free service (2 GB Email. with your own domain name) and have moved **all** of my current emailing aliases into that email service. I haven't looked back since (if only to be amazed at how better off I am now). The spam filtering is awesome (_but you can always use_ [_10minuteMail.com_](http://10minutemail.com/) _if you need as disposable email address)_, and the search capabilities are, well, Googlishious. No more need to pay for exchange hosting or spam filtering, and I get access from my mobile with [Google mobile](http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en/about_mobile.html). I imported all my existing gmail emails by using Google's cool ability to check multiple POP3 accounts from within your email account (by going to settings->accounts->get mail from other accounts), and actually adding my gmail account in there. I find that the web interface is very easy to use, and sometimes I even prefer it to outlook. Of course I can access my emails with pop3 from outlook, so no problem getting a "hard copy" of my emails offline. **Calendar too!** I also am managing my calendar and syncing it up with Google Calendar. I have an account at [scheduleworld.com](http://scheduleworld.com/) and I have a syncing application that syncs outlook with scheduleworld. Then, ScheduleWorld knows how to sync up with Google Calendar, so I'm all set! ([here's a link that takes you step by step](http://engtech.wordpress.com/2006/08/11/the-holy-grail-of-synchronization-how-to-synchronize-microsoft-outlook-multiple-locations-google-calendar-gmail-ipod-and-mobile-phone-with-funambol-scheduleworld/) in doing this) Funnily enough, a few days after doing the switch, I find out that [Hanselminutes has a podcast on exactly these kinds of matters](http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=75). It's like we're connected in a magical geeky way! There are only several possible drawbacks: - No easy way to import existing outlook emails into gmail - This is much more suitable for 1-5 people teams than anything. You can upgrade to a premium account (50$ per user per year) but besides getting a 10GB box, there [are many complaints about this program](http://groups.google.com/group/apps-features/topics?tsc=1) ## More in Off Topic [All posts in Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic) - Jun 1, 2007 ### [Why I won't be switching to Google RSS Reader](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/6/1/why-i-wont-be-switching-to-google-rss-reader.html) - May 3, 2007 ### [Pretty amazing demo of 3D sound on your headphones](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/5/3/pretty-amazing-demo-of-3d-sound-on-your-headphones.html) - Apr 24, 2007 ### [How I got over my Ego](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/4/24/how-i-got-over-my-ego.html) - Mar 2, 2007 ### [Building a home media center - Here's my parts list](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/3/2/building-a-home-media-center-heres-my-parts-list.html) --- ## About the author **Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery. ### Sites - [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership. - [osherove.com](https://osherove.com): Roy's personal site. Author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership; consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery, plus about 20 years of blog posts. - [The Art of Unit Testing](https://www.artofunittesting.com): The Art of Unit Testing, 3rd Edition (Manning): readable, maintainable, trustworthy unit tests, plus TDD workshops in C#, JavaScript, Java and Kotlin. - [5whys.com](https://www.5whys.com): Roy's writing on software team leadership: self-organizing teams, surviving chaos, learning mode and the Elastic Leadership model. - [Pipeline Driven](https://pipelinedriven.org): Continuous delivery and DevOps practices: build patterns, pipeline-friendly testing, DevOps metrics and enterprise DevOps. - [Elastic Leadership](https://www.elasticleadership.com): Elastic Leadership, Roy's framework for software team leaders (survival, learning and self-organizing modes). ### Social - X: https://x.com/royosherove - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osherove/ ### Contact - Contact form: https://forms.gle/jQSx5KoXvrVA1JCK7 ### License Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). 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