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Title: Gmail change
Post by: MachFly on September 27, 2010, 01:35:44 AM

I use gmail, and am trying to find out if it is possible to change the word after @, so instead of "gmail" have something else.


Thanks

Title: Re: Gmail change
Post by: ImADot on September 27, 2010, 04:01:09 AM

Good luck...perhaps the folks at Gmail can help?   :headscratch:

Title: Re: Gmail change
Post by: katanaso on September 27, 2010, 08:03:26 AM

If you have your own domain, you can use Gmail to host its email and you won't be using the @gmail.com suffix.

So, if you owned machfly.com, you could host it through Gmail and use Gmail webmail or IMAP.

I don't know if you'll be able to actually use some sort of alias for an actual gmail.com account though.


mir

Title: Re: Gmail change
Post by: eagl on September 27, 2010, 08:03:27 AM

I think the folks at dyndns have a mail forwarding service you can buy.  You'd have something like yourname@yourdomain.dyndns.com.

Title: Re: Gmail change
Post by: Fulmar on September 27, 2010, 08:18:51 AM

I still run my own domain name (going on 8 years now I think).  And I had multiple accounts through that, one for purchasing stuff, one for stuff that probably got spam, and my main one.  Over the years they've all been hit by a fair amount of spam.  So I got an invite for gmail when it came out and used that as my 2nd main one.

Couple years ago I then decided to forward my mail through gmail so I could read all my accounts through my gmail account.  I then set gmail to say that my 1st main account is who sends email.  So rather than exposing my actual gmail to the word of spam, if I send an email it still shows it comes from my domain name main account.

And after some filter creations and gmails spam filter, the 40-60 spam emails I used to get is now 0.

Title: Re: Gmail change
Post by: MachFly on September 27, 2010, 10:13:35 PM

Thanks, I'll see what I do.