MobileMe email only option??

[jamin100]

Hi Guys,

I purchased a mobile me subscription back in August last year. I mainly brought it for the syncing between my Iphone3g / macbook and mobile me.

I also use my me.com email as my only email address. Now, i've sold my iphone so dont need the sync capability between my devices.

I dont need the Idisk space either.

When I need to renew my seuscription is there an email only option which is cheaper than the £60 a year??

I've looked into gmail, yahoo etc but all the good emails are gone. I basically want myname or my.name @domain.com not interested in my.name4564@domain.com

 

[pdjudd]

Hi Guys,

I purchased a mobile me subscription back in August last year. I mainly brought it for the syncing between my Iphone3g / macbook and mobile me.

I also use my me.com email as my only email address. Now, i've sold my iphone so dont need the sync capability between my devices.

I dont need the Idisk space either.

When I need to renew my subscription is there an email only option which is cheaper than the £60 a year??

I've looked into gmail, yahoo etc but all the good emails are gone. I basically want myname or my.name @domain.com not interested in my.name4564@domain.com

No. Mobile Me is all or nothing, you do not get to choose your services.

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

I've looked into gmail, yahoo etc but all the good emails are gone. I basically want myname or my.name @domain.com not interested in my.name4564@domain.com

Have you tried adding your middle initial to the mix? or lastnamefirstname or something a little less obvious? Surely there's a way to get your name in there without a string of meaningless numbers afterward...

Also, Gmail doesn't recognize the difference between name.name@gmail.com and namename@gmail.com, so adding the dot isn't going to help your search.

 

[GeekGirl*]

The email was free many years ago and still should be that way.

 

[jamin100]

Have you tried adding your middle initial to the mix? or lastnamefirstname or something a little less obvious? Surely there's a way to get your name in there without a string of meaningless numbers afterward...

Also, Gmail doesn't recognize the difference between name.name@gmail.com and namename@gmail.com, so adding the dot isn't going to help your search.

I dont have a middle name

I've tried all combinations i can think of.

The only thing that has com close is mail.initialname - not perfect but the best i could secure.

 

[yuanmoons]

If its about cost then if you check on ebay now or nearer the time your sub ends you might find a cheap deal.

I have a family pack which is £89pa from Apple but i got a renewal pack for £40 on ebay - a Sealed Apple pack, albeit in old .Mac packaging. I brought two packs so got 2 years for under the price one. I think a single user renewal was going for £25 i think so big saving.

Since you're on MobileMe why change? You'll always have that disk space available, aliases, your bookmarks & address book in the cloud & web. And Apple should improve the service over time and you might move back to an iphone etc.

I dont see myself moving from MobileMe. Its such a nice no brainer having everything ready and built into one price & process. No need setup up individual services etc. Its not perfect but iDisk is great for off-site encrypted backups - this space alone is invaluable - but i use all bits of the service. The only thing is that i spent $25 on ForkLift application which makes using iDisk really easy - brilliant app. Using iDisk via finder or web is not good enough - yet. Anyway....

I just looked on ebay and there is a £35 deal but you'd have to ask what is being sold as it doesnt look like the retail pack.

 

[macgrl]

Have you thought about buying your own domain name? that way you should be able to get the address that you want. I have done this and then use it through gmail apps. The interface is just like gmail and it is free. The cost of a domain name is usually around $10 a year depending on what you get.

 

[jamin100]

can you explain what gmail apps are please?
never heard of them . .

 

[BroadcastDoc]

Check it out here:

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html

 

[jamin100]

Thanks Macgrl & Broadcastdoc.

I've now registered a domain and use the standard google apps version (which is free) so all in all i'm getting my email served to me through google for around £7 a year which is the cost of my domain name.

With the saving i'm making over the mobileme account i'm going to purchase a Dropbox subscription when i'm due for renewal.

Cheers

 

[macgrl]

No problem at all, and the good thing about the google apps is that you can use the calendar they provide too.