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06/12/2019 08:10:06 AM (7 years ago)
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    99License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
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    11 Mailshogun is a very easy way to define domain emails (such as info@mywordpressdomain.com) within the Wordpress dashboard without using external services such as Gmail and Zoho.
     11Mailshogun is a very easy way to define domain emails (such as info@mywordpressdomain.com) within the Wordpress dashboard without using external services such as Gmail and Zoho. All emails are forwarded to gmail accounts, and from there users can reply with the same domain email.
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    1313== Description ==
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    15 MailShogun is a Wordpress plugin that forward domain emails (e.g. info@mydomain.com) to any Gmail account without creating dedicated mailboxes. The plugin has built-in free email address.
     15MailShogun is a WordPress plugin that forwards domain emails (e.g. info@mydomain.com) to any Gmail account without creating dedicated mailboxes. The plugin has a built-in free email address.
     16In many cases after a WordPress website has been built, there is also a need to add emails that will be branded with the same website domain.
     17It’s a personalized email address using your domain name. For example name@mywordpressdomain.com.
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    17 In many cases after a Wordpress website has been built, there is also a need to add emails that will be branded with the website domain.
    18 It’s a personalized email address using your domain name. For example name@mywordpressdomain.com.
    1919A business email address makes a great professional impression.
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    2424contact@mywordpressdomain.com
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    26 There are several solutions that makes this happen but each one of them has it some disadvantages.
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    28 Domain registrant such as GoDaddy and other offer mail forwarding service. Which means you can define that info@mywordpressdomain.com will be forwarded to infomywordpressdomain@gmail.com. The limitation of these solutions, is that this is only one side direction. If you want to send back and email it won't have "yourdomain" suffix. It will be an email that comes from Gmail which in some cases might makes you look less serious and corporate.
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    30 Other solutions are to buy addresses from third party email providers. The most popular service is Gsuite by Google. If you want to have name@mywordpressdomain.com with Gsuite, you will have to open new "company" in Gsuite and then define every address. Every address has its own storage.
    31 Limitations are -  high price (around $5 per mailbox per month), and all the definitions of the addresses is done from eternal dashboard. Another disadvantage is that every address is a real mailbox. If employee1@mywordpressdomain.com should move to employee2@mywordpressdomain.com all past mails of 1 are staying forever in the storage of 1. It is very complicated to move these emails to another box.
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    33 Mailshogun overcomes all these disadvantages with these unique features:
    34 - It is email forwarding system but you can also send back emails from your gmail and your customer will receive the email not from gmail but from your unique domain. It is a full solution in both sides.
    35 - Because it doesn't has inbox of each address it is very flexible- you can open, delete, modify addresses very easy. Everything will arrive anyhow towards your Gmail.
    36 - It is a perfect many-to-one solution. Perhaps you have info, webmaster, contact, sales emails. You can forward all of them to one Gmail address.
    37 - All mail definitions is done from the Wordpress standard admin dashboard - like any other plugin.
    38 - And it is very cheap. One address is free and others are $10 per year. Which is 1/6 the price of Gsuite.
     26There are several other options, however, they present some disadvantages.
     27There are domain registrants, such as GoDaddy, and other mail forwarding services, where, for example, info@mywordpressdomain.com will be forwarded to infomywordpressdomain@gmail.com. The limitation of these solutions, is that they are only one sided. If you want to send an email back it won’t have “yourdomain” suffix, it will be an email that comes from Gmail, which in some cases might make you look less professional.
     28Other solutions include buying addresses from third party email providers. The most popular service is Gsuite by Google. If you want to have name@mywordpressdomain.com with Gsuite, you will have to open a new “company” in Gsuite and then define every address. Every address has its own storage. Limitations are – high price (around $5 per mailbox per month), and all of the definitions of these addresses are done from an eternal dashboard. Another disadvantage is that every address is a real mailbox. If employee1@mywordpressdomain.com should move to employee2@mywordpressdomain.com all past emails of 1 are staying forever in the storage of 1. It is very complicated to move these emails to another box.
     29Mailshogun overcomes all these disadvantages with these unique features: It is an email forwarding system, but you can also send back emails from your gmail and your customer will receive the email from your unique domain. It is a full solution in both sides. There are no inboxes for the addresses, and it is very flexible- you can open, delete, modify addresses very easily. Perhaps you have info, webmaster, contact, sales emails, you can forward all of them to one Gmail address. All mail definitions are done from the WordPress standard admin dashboard – like any other plugin. Mailshogun is also cheap, as one address is free and others are $10 per year, which is 1/6 the price of Gsuite.
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    4132== Important ==
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    43 Since, mailshogun plugin is communicating with external mail servers in order to provide its service. It means, that the plugin is not independent. make sure that your firewall or IP mapping has access to https://api.mailshogun.com.
    44 Just to explain you how it works -
    45 If you define one address from info@my-domain.com that will be forwarded to info-my-domain@gmail.com, this information is stored in mailshogun servers and configure the servers accordingly. The actual forwarding is done there.
    46 This is exactly how it works if you define Gsuite or other external email.
     34Since Mailshogun plugin is communicating with external mail servers in order to provide its service, it means that the plugin is not independent. Make sure that your firewall or IP mapping has access to https://api.mailshogun.com.
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    48 In addition to the communication with mailshogun servers, there is also connection to Paypal. This is optional, only if you choose to use the premium version that will allow forwarding of more addresses. The free version has 1 address.
     36== How it works ===
     37If you define one address from info@my-domain.com that will be forwarded to info-my-domain@gmail.com, this information is stored in Mailshogun servers and configure the servers accordingly. The actual forwarding is done there.
     38This is exactly how it works if you define Gsuite or other external email.
     39In addition to the communication with mailshogun servers, there is also connection to Paypal. This is optional, only if you choose to use the premium version that will allow forwarding of more addresses. The free version has 1 address.
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