Minds boggle and records break: we just upgraded an upgrade!
Since its inception, the Domain Mapping upgrade has lacked support for email. No longer. Everyone who has mapped a domain to their blog (subdomains excluded) can now take advantage of the Google Apps email service, which is free to use and takes just a few minutes to configure. There is no extra charge to add email to your blog; it is included in the domain mapping upgrade.
Setup is as painless as we could make it without actually drugging you. Technically, we just install MX records into your DNS zone so that your emails can be delivered to you. We don’t have any control over your mailboxes or your messages. See the instructions for directions and details.
Cheers!
Cool!
Eoin
wow.. thanks.. i was waiting this feature for long time.. i even sent a request to support about this.
thanks a lot.. wp
great news thanks!
I just mapped a domain and wondered how I could get you guys to set up my mx records for google apps use…thx for being faster than me….
😀
Holy Smokes. You guys are amazing. One improvement on top of another!
Cool
I’ve been waiting for this since last October. YAY!
Outstanding, Andy, and BIG THANKS!
pertamax ga ya??
I will upgrade soon! cool features!
Nifty, but I’ve already done that with my main domain name. Will bear it in mind for future reference though. Keep up the good work!
Oh, and Google Apps are great. I’m writing a book on Google Apps for Thomson/CoursePTR:
http://urbansemiotic.com/2007/05/08/google-apps-for-your-domain-book/
Great upgrade. I was missing this thing. Thanks guys!
Pink Jesus thanks you for the email integration. Praise Pink Jesus!
Domain Aliasing works with GAYD! I’m verified and sending mail on my domain again. Yay!
You might want to update your process to include that option: “Point MX to Google Apps” and leave it at that.
Some of us don’t need to enter any verification information. We just need the MX record modified.
I’d love to get rid of that empty and looming verification box in my WP.com Admin panel waiting for me to fill in and click save that will never happen.
Wow!!!
I like painless setups well done
amm
sweet!
perfect!!! its all that i need!! thanks!!
Thanks =D
I have to get my domain up and running.
So, where it is going to work for us ?
Awesome! I’m doing it, I’m doing it! 😛
Google: ” We are checking domain ownership. This may take 48 hours to complete.”
Please do not write just for the local duck pond over there. I don’t get all that slang and closed insider information. The relaxed form is very nice. But please remember, that you are an international business. What are you talking abort? An international English would be nice…
I´ve done it!
Now let´s wait for the dns propagation…
Thanks a lot for that improvement!
nice … upgrading an upgrade 🙂
by the way, has the millionth blog been made?
It worked and it is on the run, now!
nice 🙂
but $10 still too expensive …
Free charge if we use our domain in blogger.com. when will wordpress do the same?
great news.
i waited long for this upgrade. thanks.
Ok…more stuff from WP admin. Nice one! Keep ’em coming.
That’s great – thanks for the meta-upgrade 🙂
This saves my life. Thanks for doing this guys!
“subdomains” almost sounds like a sandwich… any chance the upgrade will include a subsub? I really could use a sandwich…
hey, that’s cool …
Oh, Andy
I wish if subdomains could also have an e-mail for ex:gogetsu@gogetsupokemon.wordpress.com
Cheers!
Great!!!
Cool!!!
Many people are going to be very happy about this. Well done!
Wxcellent, WordPress, you’ve done it again! Cheers! 🙂
Wow, Killer feature…
You guys rock
Wow. Registering a domain is FAST now. It was live within 20 minutes.
Works for me. Pretty sweet.
My initial reaction: Sweet! I’ve been waiting for this!
My second reaction: Blast! I just printed business cards yesterday with another email address, but I really wanted to use my domain.
Oh well. Thanks guys! =)
Thanks! Its like you people can read our minds. I just switched to Google apps two days ago. It like great to have my blog domain on google apps too 🙂
Nice! Very nice. Keep upping the ante on hosted blog services. You should really have a list of “only at wp.com” features that sets your apart from Typepad, blogger et al.
I may now be ready to map my domain! Now I just need to reclaim the domain form my hosting company, who registered it in their name. Is this common practice? Will they let me go without a fight?
Wow! Great stuff ! 😛
Very usefull 🙂 Thanks! Hope it will come in handy in the future (for me) 🙂
It’s really useful. Thanks a lot.
Oh man, thank you so much. You guys rock.
Maybe I should upgrade some time.. 🙂
Awesome! I’m planning to use it!
Thanks guys!!!
cool thats wat I was waiting for
Barry, big thanks to you! I got it working and please thank Andy for the help as well! I
Nice Idea ! Thank you !!!
hmm…I hate to do this but …
http://get.live.com/betas/home
I have been using this for both a blog and a domain I actually have forwarded and masked to a new domain name.
Maybe I’m off base?
Enjoy!
Great!!!
very useful! congrats wp.com
thanks
yeah, but if you disable cookies none of the blogs on personal domain works
fantastic!
THANK YOU!!!
Man, I don’t usually leave thank-yous here when you guys add a new feature, but this is DEFINITELY one I’ve been waiting for. Thanks a lot, I’m really happy that I switched from hosting my own WordPress blog to having you guys host it. You take care of your bloggers 🙂 .
Greate
In my language, tamil.. ‘Kalakita machi!’ (loosely translates to ‘you rock, guys!’).. thanks guys..
wow … I had set up another domain for email to get around this … this is awesome!
OH AWESOME!!!!
I’m going to set that up right now!!!
Thanks y’all for setting that up!!!
Does this only apply to email, or will other GAFYD services work as well, like Docs and Spreadsheets, etc.?
This would really be a good thing. I was just ranting about this last night, albeit with humor in mind.
Good stuff. Thanks Andy.
Good idea! 🙂
This is great. How about allowing mx pointers to other mail hosting services? The one I’m looking at is officelive.com Google apps are great but the don’t offer any way to sync my online calendar with my Windows Mobile smart phone.
Hot — if I already have my domain mail hosted with Google, will it work as well?
You work so hard. 🙂
Yeah baby!
And when I heard of this feature I thought it was months away. I should never have doubted. YAY! 🙂
wordpress, u rock!
Great ^^
Wow! I’m really going to have to consider the domain mapping upgrade! Thanks.
Nice feature. But I, too, wish we could use it with subdomains, which is how I have my blog mapped.
Nice. Also, “V for Vendetta” is in your face, eheh! 😛
Outstanding. I’ve been longing for this feature. I’ll never go back to virtual hosting ever again!
Wow! Cool!
Now I can make my own map
i no has paid upgrade. 😦 must get! 🙂
Tag, tag, tag…
谢了,刚刚知道.