Many individuals using Google Apps continue to be frustrated due to the chaos of Google Apps account being different from their regular Google account. These individuals do not have any organisation who are served by Google Apps; in fact they are the one & only users in their Google Apps account using Gmail for their own personal domain. Google’s recent fix for the “on behalf of” issue while sending mails from your other email address may actually be a hidden solution for these users.
Why should these users consider switching from Google Apps Gmail to Regular Gmail:
- Google Apps accounts do not provide access to services such as Google Reader, Picasa Web, Blogger, Orkut, Adsense, etc. For these accounts, Google Apps users are forced to use regular Google accounts associated with regular Gmail.
- Google Talk / Chat contacts as well as Gmail contacts remain divided between these dual accounts.
- This creates a confusing experience for these users as they have to keep switching identities and cannot integrate their Google services through a single ID. This confusion is acknowledged by Google.
Our Proposed Solution for Google Apps account woes:
- Migrate your existing mails & contacts from your Google Apps Gmail account to your regular Gmail account using Gmail’s mail fetcher or mail import tool.
- Configure your regular Gmail account to send email on behalf of your Google Apps address without the irritating “on behalf of” tagline
- Retain your Google Apps account to act as a Mail Exchange (MX) server for your domain’s email.
- Enable forwarding from your Google Apps Gmail account to your regular Gmail account.
That’s it! With these simple steps you can stop switching between your dual Google identities; while retaining your domain based email address! All your Google services including Gmail can now be accessed from your regular Google account!
So what do you feel? Should these personal users switch over from Google Apps to a regular Gmail account? Or should they stay put with your Google Apps account hoping that someday Google will come out with a solution for its individual users ? Let us know in the comments below.
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