[mgkimsal]

So... "it's too hard so I'll just let google handle all my email". Works fine until people starting blocking google mail because they don't trust them. This isn't "might happen one day" - it happens to me today already. You're just punting on the real issue, kicking the can a few months down the road.

[pyre]

Who's blocking Google? Do you mean everything from Google servers or only @gmail.com addresses? If so it's trivial to get a domain and still be using Google for your email.

[mgkimsal]

google mail servers from what I can tell.

A family member's office is one I know (along with a few others) that are firmly in "MS Exchange" mode, and they've blocked mail from gmail and other google mail servers, because "google's not secure". Of course, they let hotmail mail through just fine :)