Email is probably the second most important means of communication next to verbal speech. So what is the big deal?

You need to have a FIRM grip on how this works.

I am not talking about composing and clicking the Send button.

I am talking about who your provider is. Is it a web based service like Yahoo, Google, or HotMail? Or do you have an a server hidden away in a closet processing mail.

If that is the case then do you know how to administer it?

If you do not. You know what I am going to say do not you?

Learn it!

If you do not get bugged by a company's Phone System then I can almost guarantee that email will be a bigger picking point.

Let me explain my system.

We do not have an such a server. We do have a web server somewhere out in the free world. That server has the capability to forward our myname@ourdomain.com mail to our NetZero accounts.

I not only know how to setup the forwards on the domain but I also setup the NetZero accounts for new employees.

You need to KNOW your system like that and be confident in administering it.

So what is the advantage in doing this? Well, in my case I have a domain name that belongs to me. I get ALL emails that go to that domain name no matter what it is. Do you get it now?

So in my domain name of buddyshearer dot com. I have a catch-all rule setup that defines any email that it does not not what to do with then forward it to this other email address.

My biggest use is for temporary email addresses. I can generate as many as I need and I do not need to worry about where they go because I do not care.