[notfarnow]

I have my website hosted by a family member... he has helped me out tremendously in designing and setting up the website, troubleshooting issues and helping me manage content & updates.

However, he's a bit flakey and there have been a couple brief occasions where my website has been down.

Right now, I'm using a generic remax email, and would like to go to one that is "me@mywebsite", and then my part-time assistant could have "her@mywebiste". I spoke to my website guy about getting my email accounts set up, but also explained that I am anxious that if his server goes down, I would lose email... something I can't afford, even for a day.

He suggested using a business gmail account using my domain name, so I could get my "me@mywebsite" email address.

Does this make sense? anyone else using a gmail account this way? I don't want to set it up only to find that there are limitations of issues that will drive me crazy. For example, I want my assistant to be able to access and read my emails, and even reply to them, using either my email address or hers.

I also need to figure out how to properly syncronize google calendar, so that it automatically syncs with my outlook & blackberry calendar. Anyone else have this set up and working? Someone else recommended trundle, but I've never heard of it, and want to go with something that's proven effective

any input is appreciated.