Google™ E-Mail

Churches need enterprise level e-mail solutions to handle their diverse communication needs. They need a way to view mail in an email client (e.g., Outlook, Sunbird, iCal) and via the web without worrying about losing data on one or the other. Churches need an email system that integrates with their contact lists, calendars, documents, chat, and so forth, so that they can share data with staff or members without being tied to one machine.

In short, churches need Gmail, part of Google’s revolutionary Apps suite of services. KEYPOPPY Christian Resources, a Google™ associate, connects Google™ Apps directly to church domains so that your email (and calendar, docs, images, and more) are branded to your community. In other words, you’ll check webmail at http://email.yourdomain.org, calendar at http://calendar.yourdomain.org, and documents at http://docs.yourdomain.org, but all the heavy lifting will be done by Google™ and your website will remain blazing fast on KEYPOPPY servers. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS ALSO PART OF YOUR DOMAIN. After all, it’s your email, so even if it’s powered by Gmail, it still carries your brand. Thus, for example, if your church is at mychurch.org, then your email address could be This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (limited only by your imagination). And if your church is a 501(c)3 organization, you can have up to 3000 accounts with 25 GB of storage per account…FREE!!! The Gmail system is one of the most powerful mail solutions in the world. Here are a few of the many benefits it provides.

Superior SPAM control

Nobody likes SPAM, particularly a church. Don’t waste time with junk mail and unwanted messages. Your new mail system will block SPAM before it gets to your inbox. Simply “report” unwanted messages that manage to slip through and you’ll automatically improve the performance of your filters. Get control of your inbox!

Sync with Outlook, Sunbird, iCal and More

Let’s say that you’re already comfortable with Outlook or Sunbird. Perhaps you already have multiple folders and a particular system that works for you. No problem. Feed your church mail directly into your email client and enjoy the best of both worlds; online webmail and local Outlook mail. Even messages sent from Outlook will be recorded in your online “Sent” folder, so you can find a record of your activity even when you’re on the road. Google™ even offers software that will automatically sync your mail, contacts, and calendar, much like Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes---except their system is FREE! And KEYPOPPY will integrate and brand the entire system to your domain.

Search your Mail Instantly

Everyone knows that Google™ is the mother of all search engines. So why not use the same powerful search engine to filter your own messages. Ask and you shall receive. You don’t have to spend time sorting your email, just search for a message when you need it and we’ll find it for you.

Organizing your Mail in Groups

Email is often used as a conversational tool, which results in lots of email in your inbox from the same person about the same topic, often on the same day (yikes!). Fortunately, Google’s mail engine will group your online messages into threads so that they appear as single entries in your inbox. Your conversation view continues to grow as new replies arrive, so you can always see messages in context. Click “expand” to view all messages of a group at once or open and close individual parts with ease. You can also delete an entire conversation at once.

More Organization with Labels

You can apply labels to any or all email messages. Labels identify messages much like a folder would with an extra bonus: you can add more than one to a group of messages. Once you’ve created a label, you can view all the messages with that label by searching or by clicking the label name along the left side of any page.

Built-in chat (text, voice, or video)

Do you email the same person again and again, often one immediately after the other? Take advantage of instant messages with friends, family and colleagues through Google’s chat network. Trade quick notes and emoticons with anyone in the Gmail, iGoogle™, or Google™ Talk networks (literally, millions of people). The chat system is also compatible with other networks, so you can sign into your AOL Instant Messenger account inside your online mail system. You can even communicate face to face using the “voice and video chat” feature. Simply download a plug-in and start voice and video chat with your friends.

Mobile Mail

You don’t need a computer to get to your inbox. Take advantage of Gmail for Mobile, a revolutionary communication system by Google™, to search, star, label, archive, mute, move, view conversations, filter spam, and much more. Supported on Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia S60, Windows Mobile, and some others. Android phones (Google™’s operating system) have the added benefit of built in software…simply enter your account details and your phone will synch with your mail, calendar, and documents automatically.

More Storage than you’ve Ever Had

Store up to 7GB (that’s 7000 MB) for free. And if that’s not enough, you can purchase 25GB for $50 per year from Google™. For comparison, consider a large business that uses Microsoft Exchange for mail; most employees get 25-100MB of storage. You get 7000 MB, more than you’ll probably ever need!

Keep your Mail Secure

Just like bank and credit card websites, your mail system will always use https encryption to keep your mail secure. This prevents public coffee shop wifi bandits from maliciously reading your mail.