[Gloucs] OfflineImap & Google Apps

[Russell Hay]

I've hosted my personal domain (that I'm using now) as a google hosted
domain (for free) for a number of years. You just need to be able to
configure your own DNS to point to Google.  IMAP works very well and as
google supports IMAP-IDLE, you can effectively get push email to mobile
devices.

In terms of transfer - you don't transfer the domain to Google, you just
update your DNS with new records in order to point all the traffic to
Google.

HTH

Russ


2009/5/7 <gloucs-request at mailman.lug.org.uk>

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> Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 10:43:09 +0100
> From: "Andrew Oakley" <Andrew.Oakley at hesa.ac.uk>
> Subject: [Gloucs] OfflineImap & Google Apps
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> Could anyone please express their opinions of the free basic service of
> Google Apps http://www.google.co.uk/a with regard to handling domain
> transfer, DNS, MX, SMTP and IMAP for personal domains?
>
> I want to simplify my current twist-turny maze of email forwarding, MX
> records, SMTP and IMAP servers. I want to have my personal domain
> registration/renewal, DNS, SMTP and IMAP all handled by one reliable
> company.
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> I also want to sync IMAP with Gmail.
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> I can see how to buy a domain with Google Apps, also I can see how to
> configure an existing domain with Google Apps whilst retaining the
> existing domain registrar. Can someone explain how I *transfer* (in the
> domain registrar sense) an existing domain to Google Apps?
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> Then I'd like to use OfflineImap
> http://software.complete.org/software/wiki/offlineimap (as demonstrated
> at last month's meeting) on my home server for maildir speed across the
> LAN, and also use it on my netbook for disconnected access. Any comments
> on that idea?
>
> In particular:
>
> * Run offlineimap on the home LAN server
> * Run offlineimap on my netbook
> * When at home, use my netbook to sync with the home LAN server
> (mail->googleimap->homeofflineimap->netbookofflineimap)
> * When away, use my netbook to sync with Google IMAP server
> (mail->googleimap->netbookofflineimap)
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> So the offlineimap on my netbook will need to seamlessly switch between
> syncing with my home offlineimap and Google's IMAP server.
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> The reason for my desire to switch IMAP servers is that the upstream
> bandwidth from my home is slow (ADSL). Any other solutions?
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