Need advice about which email system to use?

[REgirl]

I need your advice on best system considering my scenario...

I want to stop using my company's email IP and go to my own so when the time comes to move on I'm not in a hard spot moving email. I also want longevity in my address so want to use my domain name for email (i.e. melinda@allaboutrealestate.com)

My issue is I don't like the layout and functions (or rather lack thereof) of what we have at REW (Horde). I looked into a Gmail account since they will show messages as from your other accounts. That said, if it is sent to someone who uses outlook or msn then the message shows up From: ....@gmail on behalf of ...@yourdomain.com.

Doesn't look so professional!

Questions:
1) Is anyone currently working with Horde and has a good system or upgrade to make it funtion better?

2) Any experience using another email system that will have your message appear as if from your domain name and also not appear as spam to others' mail systems.

Thanks,
Melinda

P.S. Here is what G says about there "on behalf of" issue...

" know it's annoying, and we're working to fix this "On Behalf Of"
behavior as soon as we can. As we've mentioned in our Help Center [1],
the reason we include your address in the headers at all is to help
prevent your mail from being flagged as spam by your recipients' email
services. For those who want the technical details, we use the
'Sender' field to be consistent with DomainKeys [2], a commonly used
email authentication mechanism. If we didn't do this, your messages
may get sent to your recipients' spam folders, which would be worse
than the annoyance the current implementation is causing. "

[Robert Worthington]

I currently have my website host my email address. I use outlook which automatically forwards all emails to my cell phone. I have the Palm Pre for a cell phone. To check out my Manitowoc wi real estate website click on the link. If I can do it. I know anybody can do it. The email or reply with questions. I would be happy to help you solve your problem.

[REgirl]

Okay, and support also emailed me the same suggestion. I guess I ddn't realize putting it on outlook would do what I needed. Will try this and see if it does what I need.

Thanks!

[RJO Salt Lake]

I switched from my company email to gmail for the same reasons you suggest. Now I still use my gmail address, I sometimes use my Remax address, but mostly (and I'm surprised at this, but pleasantly so), I almost always use my REW website address. I also use Outlook, and it conveniently sends and receives emails from all three email accounts. Works great!