Monday, December 19, 2005

Custom Domains Rock

I'm digging the new Custom Domains service from Windows Live. Setup couldn't have been smoother:

• Sign up on Custom Domains
• Change the MX record of my domain
• Add Users

The only even slightly tricky point is that I had set up a passport for harry@devhawk.net in the distant past and long forgotten the password. However, Custom Domains allows be to "evict" a user from the domain so I was able to recreate it with little trouble.

I do have two feature requests that I'm guessing are on the horizon for the Custom Domains team:

• Aliases: I'd like to set up "webmaster@devhawk.net" to simply forward to my main devhawk email. This is a pretty common feature of other email systems, so I expect some future release will include this.
• Non-Web Client Access: I can use Outlook to access my personal hotmail account, but I had issues accessing my devhawk email.