Keith Graham

I used to use my JT30.com and kpgraham.com domains for some email addresses. I reasoned at the time that I needed to protect my gmail address to avoid spam. Those days are gone and thank goodness that gmail does a good job filtering spam.
I still have these odd email addresses that I use for account logins and for some newsletters. When I moved most of my domains to my home web server I lost these. The email was offered as a service by my hosting company, but now my hosting company is me.
I needed a way to service these domain email accounts. My first idea was to run an email server on my home computer. I decided this was overkill for three or four email addresses. I knew that CloudFlare DNS let me add MX records. The MX record in your DNS controls how other email servers discover your server in order to send you email. I had no idea how to configure MX records.
After some Googling, I discovered that there are free services that will “forward” email from one domain to another and all you have to do is set up the MX record.
I signed up with improvMX.com and set all email going to JT30, CTHREEPO, and KPGraham to go to my Gmail address. The site gave clear instructions for setting up my MX records plus a TXT record. Now, if you sent an email to [email protected] it will wind up in my gmail account.
ImprovMX has been steady and working well for about a week now. I know nothing about the company, but it ranks high in Google, which is usually a good sign that it is popular. It ranks high on a some internet surveys. I have already received a few emails that I would have missed without knowing it. Since these emails aren’t mission critical I don’t need to be worry. If ImproMX dies, there are many alternatives.