Domain for emails only

rmg1

Hi all

I've currently got a GMail account I use for all my emails (with some of the +whatever extensions).

I've been toying with the idea of buying a domain with (relatively) unlimited email addresses in order to separate things out a bit more.

With the GMail account, I can receive emails to myname+wherever@GMail .com but I can't figure out how to send from myname+wherever@GMail .com.

I was hoping that by buying my own domain, I'd be able to do that fairly easily.

Not wanting to spend a fortune for something like this so after either:-
1) recommendations for email-only hosts (if they exist)
2) idiot-proof guides on setting up my emails with my gmail account if it's possible
3) any other options I haven't thought of

Any help would be gratefully received.

Neil_Jones

Any provider who does domain names will do it, just don't pay for web hosting. Depending on how many mailboxes/email addresses you want it can be as cheap as £10 a year.

However some providers will give you "unlimited" email addresses which is basically whateveryoulike@whateveryourdomainis.com and you can set these to forward to your Gmail account if you want, or just log in via Webmail or any other mail program to pick them up or send new mail.

But be careful with this as some providers will do the email only and you have to buy a domain name separately, some will bundle it at extra cost and some will only do it if you have everything but the kitchen sink thrown in.

System

I use 1&1 for domain registration and they'll do free email forwarding which you set up in their online control panel so I just set up

<me>@<mydomain.com> to forward to my GMX email account. In my email client in the setup I set the servers up as usual, the log in details as usual and put my <me>@<mydomain.com> as the email address. That way its sent from GMX but the from/return/reply address appears as <me>@<mydomain.com>. Unfortunately I don't think you can do it using webmail sending through a browser, it has to be an email client.

eddddy

Neil_Jones wrote: »

However some providers will give you "unlimited" email addresses which is basically whateveryoulike@whateveryourdomainis.com and you can set these to forward to your Gmail account if you want, or just log in via Webmail or any other mail program to pick them up or send new mail.

... and you can also send emails from within gmail using different email addresses (that you own), if you want.

i.e. Compose an email in gmail, and then choose from a drop down list whether to send it from:

rmg1@gmail.com
rmg1@yahoo.co.uk
george@rmg1.co.uk
info@rmg1.co.uk
sales@rmg1.co.uk
etc (assuming you own rmg1.co.uk)

See: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/22370?hl=en

forgotmyname

I have loads of email addresses, aol, yahoo, gmail etc etc.

I use a different one for each account. Except a couple for one off site registrations that i do not monitor.

ebay gets one email addy and paypal gets another one etc.

John_Gray

Don't forget that if you forward email from one domain (A) to another (B), it can be quite difficult to reply from the domain (A) email address...

rmg1

@forgotmyname - That's exactly what I want to do :T
So I'd have ebay@mydomain.com (or .co.uk/whatever)
paypal@mydomain.com
etc., etc.


@John Gray - If I can get the domain, etc. I won;t have to forward it anywhere, I can just (hopefully) use my current email client (Thunderbird) to reply from the same address I received the email into.


Any recommendations for hosts that would do that fairly cheaply?

esuhl

John_Gray wrote: »

Don't forget that if you forward email from one domain (A) to another (B), it can be quite difficult to reply from the domain (A) email address...

You shouldn't have any problems so long as the SMTP server you're using has been set to allow emails from your domain.

rmg1

So does anyone have any recommendations for a host?

esuhl

rmg1 wrote: »

So does anyone have any recommendations for a host?

If you just want a single email account, then I'd use one of the free providers. I use GMX. I'm sure GMail would work too.

The biggest issue is in finding an SMTP server that will allow you to send mail from your new domain address. Your ISP will should one, but you will probably need to get them to update the settings with your new email address(es). Or perhaps the free email hosts now provide SMTP servers that allow you to send from your own domain...? This might be preferable, as you would then be able to send mail when you aren't connected to your ISP (on mobile devices, when you're not at home).

Just to clarify (if you're not familiar with how email works), you need 3 things to be able to send and receive mail with your own domain address:

1) An email host (to receive incoming mail and store it for you).
2) An SMTP server (to send mail).
3) A domain registrar (to register your domain name).

Domain registrars can often also provide email hosting and SMTP severs, but they'll charge for this.

Hope this helps.

chunter

eddddy wrote: »

... and you can also send emails from within gmail using different email addresses (that you own), if you want.

i.e. Compose an email in gmail, and then choose from a drop down list whether to send it from:

[EMAIL="rmg1&#64;gmail.com"]rmg1@gmail.com[/EMAIL]
[EMAIL="rmg1&#64;yahoo.co.uk"]rmg1@yahoo.co.uk[/EMAIL]
[EMAIL="george&#64;rmg1.co.uk"]george@rmg1.co.uk[/EMAIL]
[EMAIL="info&#64;rmg1.co.uk"]info@rmg1.co.uk[/EMAIL]
[EMAIL="sales&#64;rmg1.co.uk"]sales@rmg1.co.uk[/EMAIL]
etc (assuming you own rmg1.co.uk)

See: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/22370?hl=en

..and assuming you have already set up an email for that account. The link requires that you provide the account name and password for the smtp server.