I've only really had one email address for my domain, so I don't really care about what seems to be GA's advantage. I can still point my MX records at Google's mail servers and send/retrieve my dvdmon.com mail via gmail, right?
Levi > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Don Ferguson > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 6:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Treo] FW: Switching from Exchange to Gmail/Google > Calendar > > Google Apps gives you the Gmail interface and function paired with your > own > domain name. So since you own dvdmon.com, you could have addresses in > that > domain, but all the function of Gmail instead of those provided by a > domain > host, web host or ISP. > > > > The Standard Edition is free. 7gb of space and no direct technical > support. > You can pay $50/address/year for Premium Edition (or if you are a non- > profit > or school it's called the Education Edition) - 25gb of space and email > and > phone tech support. > > > > Still not even close to Exchange, but getting better all the time! > > > > Cheers, > > Don > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Levi > Wallach > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Treo] FW: Switching from Exchange to Gmail/Google > Calendar > > > > > > > > > Don, why do I need Google Apps? I can access Gmail via the Pre and it > has > push, it also pushes calendar entries and contacts. It basically gives > me > everything but tasks and notes, which I don't use anyway... Plus it's > free > and Google Apps now costs money, yes? > > Levi > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of > > Don Ferguson > > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 9:59 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [Treo] FW: Switching from Exchange to Gmail/Google Calendar > > > > This one! The link to the bulk email importer is in #3, below. For > > $8/month, I'd keep Exchange until Google Apps catches up. At the rate > > they're going, I'd think GA will be a huge threat to hosted Exchange > > (and > > even local Exchange) within a year. Pay the $100 for Exchange for > that > > year > > (www.123together.com) and THEN go to GA if/when it's ready. > > > > > > > > My $0.02US > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Don > > > > > > > > From: Don Ferguson > > Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:57 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: RE: Switching from Exchange to Gmail/Google Calendar > > > > > > > > Hi Levi, > > > > > > > > I assume you have Google Apps set up with your domain? > > > > > > > > To capture all of your email: > > > > > > > > 1. Export your Exchange mailbox into a local PST file. > > > > 2. Find that file and your archive. > > > > 3. Use this to upload to Gmail: > > http://code.google.com/p/google-email-uploader/ > > > > > > > > The integration isn't nearly as good with Google Apps as it is with > > Exchange. You might think about just keeping an $8/month mailbox - > > it's not > > THAT much more than free! > > > > > > > > Fun toys, any way you go! > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Don > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of > > Levi > > Wallach > > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 8:42 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [Treo] Switching from Exchange to Gmail/Google Calendar > > > > So one of my justifications in paying a slightly higher price for the > > monthly fee for the Pre was that I could get rid of my exchange > > account. I'm > > now syncing my calendar with my Google Calendar account and am about > to > > start syncing contacts. > > > > I also have hooked up my Gmail account to my Pre, but I currently > don't > > use > > that for email. I've tested it out though and I get notified > > immediately > > (Push). So here are a couple of questions for those of you in the > same > > boat: > > > > a) I figure I'll point my mail servers and Gmail's so that I can get > my > > regular (currently gotten through a hosted exchange service) email > > through > > Gmail. Any tips making the switch that will make it a seemless one? > > > > b) I have lots of email going back years in my Exchange account and > > going > > back even more years archived in a separate outlook pst file that I > can > > access in Outlook but that is not synched to the hosted exchange > > service. Is > > there any way I can get any of this email into Gmail, or will I just > > have to > > start completely fresh and only be able to search my archives on my > > home PC > > in Outlook? I thought I could finally once and for all retire it, but > > maybe > > not! > > > > Levi > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
