Now having lots of different accounts in your email client isn't so much fun (to setup or use). There's a lot of clutter, and even more so if you are smart and use IMAP (instead of POP3).

Plus I have this cool domain name(glenn-roberts.com) going to waste. Why have an email address like roberts.glenn.1235.blah@gmail.com?

So I consolidated them, giving me these benefits;

1. A single IMAP access point for all incoming mail. (Using my Gmail account with IMAP for incoming)

2. Automatic labelling of messsages downloaded by Gmail (to help identify where mail came from)

3. Advanced IMAP controls (via the Google Labs goodies)

4. Outgoing from a different email account (I choose my new glenn-roberts.com email server for outgoing mail)

5. Automatic back ups (if you choose "Leave a copy of messages on the server in Gmails POP settings for the other accounts)

So now all my (personal) mail comes in via one of my many accounts, but I now consistently reply via one account, and all replies come back to me via Gmail, but Spam filtered (twice, in fact).

"... one does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity." Bruce Lee