Feature Focus: Email Addresses at Your Domain
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Another simple and quick way to add value to your church is to have email addresses at the church’s domain. Many times church staff or leaders create email accounts with the provider of their internet service, or through free providers like Yahoo (Yahoo email), Google (Gmail), or Microsoft (Live Mail, Hotmail). There are several problems that could arise when using one of these solutions:
Instead a church (or any business) should have email addresses at their domain. For instance, First Avenue Church would have email addresses like [email protected] or [email protected] . There are several benefits to this, including:
How would you set this up? If using google apps, its very straight forward, otherwise it depends on how your domain is configured. With google apps, you need to change your MX records and then sign up for google apps. If you follow the links, their help section will walk you step by step through it.
If you are not using Google Apps, post a message in the comments and one of our great readers will be able to help you.
Take this next step for your church‘s email addresses, its easy, will help to avoid problems, and will provide a professional appearance. Stay tuned for the next Feature Focus and remember to provide feedback in the comments.
This is the second blog post in the Feature Focus series. This series will provide you with quick tips on how to refine your church’s website and online presence. Look for these posts about every other week and visit this Topic for list of past Feature Focus posts.
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