I have a domain, example.com. My domain registrar gives me two options concerning
email.
Set up forwarding
email addresses (e.g.,
[email protected] forwarded to
[email protected].
Set up Google Apps for
email management
Thus far, I have gone with option 1. I have a generic GMail
email,
[email protected], and I subsequently set up various
email addresses on my registrar to forward to this gmail address:
[email protected] ->
[email protected]
[email protected] ->
[email protected]
[email protected] ->
[email protected]
Through the GMail account, I have the option to alias these addresses when sending
email. For example, from
[email protected], I can "send
email as"
[email protected]. That way from the vantage point of the receiver of the
email, the
email came from
[email protected] as opposed to
[email protected].
My question is: Are there any disadvantages of this approach? Are these emails more susceptible to being picked up by spam filters vs using the Google Apps approach? Is there any hidden indication that the
email is being aliased?
When viewing the
email headers, it shows the
email was sent from
[email protected] and not
[email protected] or "forwarded from
[email protected]" or anything like that. Am I naive in assuming that my cheap approach to
email is masked by aliasing my outgoing emails? I have chosen approach number 1 simply because of the ease of setup. With that said, are there any advantages of going with approach 2 (the Google Apps approach)? Thanks for suggestions and advice.