I use Google App for Your Domain for my email, both my personal email and as email for the websites I run. I decided it was finally time to set up Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records and Sender ID. For differences between SPF and Sender ID you can read this. While they aren’t the same, the syntax and similarities make the steps for setting up each identical for our purposes. What is SPF? From the OpenSPF website: Even more precisely, SPFv1 allows the owner of a domain to specify their [...] Read the rest »
Google Apps for My Domain – Part 1
I’ve completed my move to Google Apps and now all my mail goes into my inbox there, one way or the the other. In Part 1 I’ll cover the domain setup and IMAP mail migration using the migration tool, while in part 2 I’ll cover the features that are available to all GMail users. My reasons for moving to Google Apps were: Sometimes they can be a bit creepy but I trust them as much as I trust any other ISP or mail provider. I want to provide email to [...] Read the rest »
The OS Quest Trail Log #2
It’s only been four days since my last log entry but I want to get on a weekly cycle with these and weekends seem to be the best time to do it. So here goes… Google Apps I continue to use Google Apps and like it. Really all I use it for is email, but it’s allowed me to consolidate all my email addresses into one mailbox for delivery. I finally got the hang of using search and labels (aka tags) rather than folders and it makes things much quicker [...] Read the rest »
