Email help!

Biz.Kid09 · 10 Apr 2011 at 19:36

Hi guys,
Basically my dad is getting his van sprayed and some vinyls on promoting his business. Thing is his current @hotmail email address doesn't sound great and i have seen people with eg [email protected] etc
How can i set up an email that will have: name@business name.co.uk?

Do Gmail or Hotmail etc have this feature?
Thanks

Robbo · 10 Apr 2011 at 19:38

You need a domain.

Twentyone · 10 Apr 2011 at 19:38

^ What he said.

Knubje · 10 Apr 2011 at 19:42

This article gives a good description of the service google provides.

I suggest have a look and get your Dad his own domain and host with Google. You pay a little for it, but as you said, the it's 100 times more professional looking.

Biz.Kid09 · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:03

Robbo said:
You need a domain.

Thanks mate.
Where is the best place to buy said domain?

I know website hosting but ?

Robbo · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:05

Most website hosts will offer a domain free or something similar (they are only like £1 anyway), have a nose around.

Biz.Kid09 · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:09

Robbo said:
Most website hosts will offer a domain free or something similar (they are only like £1 anyway), have a nose around.

Ok thanks mate.
Any companies in particular that are the best?
Found this one http://www.123-reg.co.uk/email ?

Pho · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:12

Unless you want to host files or have a website you don't need hosting. Like Knubje said I would use Google Apps - this means Google takes control of sorting out your email and you get to use Outlook, the awesome Gmail style webmail interface and a load of other things too, for free.

I'd register the domain with 123-reg, lots of people probably moan about them but they're always been good for me. When you register your domain you don't need any of of the extras they try and sell you, even the email extra - Google will take control of that part. You don't need to pay any more than £2.99/year for everything you need (assuming you're registering a .co.uk).

Robbo · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:12

I suppose that would do the job, yeah. Never used them though.

Biz.Kid09 · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:14

Thanks PHO.
So i dont need to use:
http://www.123-reg.co.uk/email/
which is 99p per month?

Just register a www.??????.co.uk
Do i make the ???? the business name?

Pho · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:16

Yep, exactly.

Register domain (£2.99). Set-up Google apps (for email, calendar, documents etc). Done

.

With Google you add lots of different accounts too (i.e. me@, you@, them@) and unless you need a silly amount it'll stay free.

lcg · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:16

Register a domain at 123-reg, and use it with Google Apps.

Knubje · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:18

Just register the domain, no frills, no extra services. You can then get google to take over email for the domain.

There are quite a few guides in gmail, if you login with an account that you might already have. As Ph0 said, £2.99 a year is all you need to be looking at for registering a .co.uk domain for a year.

Biz.Kid09 · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:22

Pho said:
Yep, exactly.

Register domain (£2.99). Set-up Google apps (for email, calendar, documents etc). Done .

With Google you add lots of different accounts too (i.e. me@, you@, them@) and unless you need a silly amount it'll stay free.

Ok cool.
I only need the one so

lcg said:
Register a domain at 123-reg, and use it with Google Apps.

Thanks mate.

How do i go about getting it setup so emails go straight to iPhone. There anything special i need to do?

Dewotter · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:26

I might be wrong on this but if email is going through Gmail, you could maybe setup on the iPhone to use Exchange ActiveSync. Meaning you'll benefit from push contacts, mail, calendars - So he'll get new emails to his phone as they are sent rather than polling the network at a set time. Perfect for business.

Pho has the link below.

Pho · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:28

Try this for your iPhone:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740&topic=14252

I don't know much about push email etc, but I presume this should work with Google Apps too. You might have to enable IMAP for the account though: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77695

Biz.Kid09 · 10 Apr 2011 at 20:51

Ok,
So i have to make a Google account? will Google Apps need a google account as well?

Pho · 10 Apr 2011 at 21:42

Your Google Apps account is your Google account, you don't need to make another.

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new should be the link you need to set it up.

And here's how you configure your domain on 123-reg to make it work with Google.

lttlejoe · 10 Apr 2011 at 21:43

It's pretty simple really.
First register a domain name ie: joeblogs.co.uk etc. You can then have [email protected] as your email address. As mentioned earlier, use a company like 123-reg to register your domain (which can take up to around 48 hours to propagate after reistration) and then if you don't have web hosting, simply register with say google mail and then from your account with 123-reg, re-direct your email from joeblogs.co.uk to [email protected].

If you decide to build a website, you can get free hosting without adverts at such as "Freehostia" which is excellent and virtually as good as paid hosting. You can also have a dedicated email addy without the need for google mail but gmail is very reliable and only shows if you reply or send emails.

Biz.Kid09 · 10 Apr 2011 at 22:18

Pho said:
Your Google Apps account is your Google account, you don't need to make another.

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new should be the link you need to set it up.

And here's how you configure your domain on 123-reg to make it work with Google.

lttlejoe said:
It's pretty simple really.
First register a domain name ie: joeblogs.co.uk etc. You can then have [email protected] as your email address. As mentioned earlier, use a company like 123-reg to register your domain (which can take up to around 48 hours to propagate after reistration) and then if you don't have web hosting, simply register with say google mail and then from your account with 123-reg, re-direct your email from joeblogs.co.uk to [email protected].

If you decide to build a website, you can get free hosting without adverts at such as "Freehostia" which is excellent and virtually as good as paid hosting. You can also have a dedicated email addy without the need for google mail but gmail is very reliable and only shows if you reply or send emails.

Thanks guys,
I will do it tomorrow when i decide what name i am going to use.