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Email on own domain

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Hi,

I'm looking to get my own domain in the near future so I'll have my own personal/professional looking email address.

I'm also wanting to set up alias emails to use for various companies and contacts i.e , [EMAIL="physioroom@mydomain.co.uk"]physioroom@mydomain.co.uk[/EMAIL], etc. However is it possible using an email client to configure the emails so that the from address would also show as from the alias addresses as above? (I'm presuming that they would show from my main email address). If so how would you go about it?

Thanks

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  • Easiest way is to register your domain, and set up a Google Apps account. The standard version (free) allows you to have Google host your mail server and set up addresses as required. Some domain registrars these days even have Google Apps already set up for you, making it even easier to sort out. Hope this makes sense!
  • chunter
    chunter Posts: 2,015 Forumite
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    OP, You'll need to be a bit more explicit.

    Bear in mind each email program handles email slightly differently.
    When you open an email in Thunderbird, it'll show both the sender's name and email address.
  • startech wrote: »
    Easiest way is to register your domain, and set up a Google Apps account. The standard version (free) allows you to have Google host your mail server and set up addresses as required. Some domain registrars these days even have Google Apps already set up for you, making it even easier to sort out. Hope this makes sense!

    Sorry for the daft question, but is google apps the same as the googlemail accounts? I've recently opened a googlemail account but I'm not fully up to speed with it's features etc, would I just need to forward my [EMAIL="emailadd@mydomain"]emailadd@mydomain[/EMAIL] to my googlemail account?

    Cheers.
  • sufcjam wrote: »
    Sorry for the daft question, but is google apps the same as the googlemail accounts? I've recently opened a googlemail account but I'm not fully up to speed with it's features etc, would I just need to forward my [EMAIL="emailadd@mydomain"]emailadd@mydomain[/EMAIL] to my googlemail account?

    Cheers.

    No it's not. Googlemail/Gmail is just the standard user@gmail.com whereas Google Apps is the tool which allows you to set up emails in the form user@yourdomain. It has a pretty good help guide, eg this is the guide to set up the email just like you require - so long as you have already purchased a domain.
  • HTML200
    HTML200 Posts: 164 Forumite
    If you want to make a professional job of it and leave room for future expansion (e.g. more email addresses, hosting your website etc) then I recommend you find yourself a proper web hosting company.

    I use 1&1 [Not associated or affiliated to the company or anything, it's just who I use for my email!!!]. They offer a mail service for 69p a month which gets you 5 email addresses and 150 aliases, with 2GB of storage space and all sorts of other useful stuff.

    Try googling for 'hosting provider' or something like that, and check out reviews on webmaster forums so you can compare what's on offer.

    As for how you set these things up... that's a bit beyond the scope of a forum post :) But there's plenty of help out there.
  • S0litaire
    S0litaire Posts: 3,535 Forumite
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    "Google apps" is a great set of web based business apps.

    I've starting to use them instead if a hosted email server.

    Basically it takes "google mail", and all the other Google stuff like calander, contacts and sometime soon google talk (once it's available in the UK!) and let you brand it with your own domain name. and have access from anywhere.

    You can have up to 50 users with 7Gb of email storage each for the Free account (or pay £30 or so a year for a few more technical bits and a huge 25Gb email for each user.)

    http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html
    Laters

    Sol

    "Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"
  • HTML200
    HTML200 Posts: 164 Forumite
    Which route you take really depends on what else you plan to do with your domain in future, how much money you have and so on. As with anything, there tend to be a lot of variables to consider.
  • I have no plans to create a website etc, just wanting to get a personalised email on my own domain. If possible I'd like to reply to any email aliases i create from that alias ie. email received to: [EMAIL="amazon@mydomain.co.uk"]amazon@mydomain.co.uk[/EMAIL] , I'd like any reply I make to come from [EMAIL="amazon@mydomain.co.uk"]amazon@mydomain.co.uk[/EMAIL] as that's the email address I'd be using for amazon.

    I'm currently using Outlook Express as my email client.

    HTML200 - How is the email with 1&1, I've noticed their package before and I've been tempted by it.
  • From my own experience I've found 1&1's service to be excellent, but judging by your requirements I think Google would suit you better.
  • windym_2
    windym_2 Posts: 5,261 Forumite
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    Another vote for 1&1 here.
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