Google Apps stops accepting free sign-ups

Post by Dylan16807 » Fri, Dec 07, 2012, 11:31 PM UTC

alanctgardner2 wrote: post #431

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Sssoooo you used a story about losing business when using gmail for hosting to say that self-hosting was bad? I'm sorry, I still don't understand.

My point is, I made a minor mistake in configuring GMail. That was my own fault. Multiply that amount of configuration by a million, and see if you don't make a mistake. Do ongoing maintenance, and see if you don't make a mistake. Keep everything secure, make sure you're whitelisted by every major provider, and ensure no messages ever bounce one way or another. My point is, fucking up is bad and easily costs you mone…

Post by ericleeclark » Sat, Dec 08, 2012, 12:53 AM UTC

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Not sure how to feel about this. The core feature of the free Google Apps was that you could use GMail with your own domain without having to run a dedicated mail server yourself.

Maybe this will drive alternatives that are cheaper than $50 per user per year.

Post by cbr » Sat, Dec 08, 2012, 2:20 AM UTC

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Thanks, that could be an alternative and I'll play around with it to see how it works out.

It works, but Outlook (or at least some versions) will always show your emails as being from something like "address-you-forward-to@gmail.com (via you@your-real-domain.com)" which is annoying.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 08, 2012, 2:23 AM UTC

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by cutting off free users they just opened themselves to getting undercut by a smaller company that can offer fewer, cheaper, targeted options. I just wanted an email for my domain and that's not worth 50 bucks a year. I'll just set up my own email system at this point, call it a learning experience and never be exposed to the rest of whatever was in Google Apps.

Rackspace email. Equally good experience IMHO, absolutely fantastic support, $12 a year per mailbox. Best purchase of a web service I've ever made. Your email is the skeleton key and core of your online existence, that's far too important to leave to a company that considers support an exercise in statistic management.

Post by taftster » Sat, Dec 08, 2012, 4:06 AM UTC

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Yes, there's really two parts to a "vanity" domain: I want a nice looking email address, and I want to own my email address no matter what service I use. It's nice to be able to also use an awesome service like Gmail on top of it. It's worth some value to me, but $50/user/year is a bit much for a family of ~5 light email users.

I think this is only for new customers, not existing ones.