I want to set up one joint email account to server as a single point of contact for two people, my wife and I. The shared/joint account will collect notices for common services such as household bills or inquiries. Call it the equivalent of WFamilyBills@…. or TheWFamily@… or … We would give out this email address to such places as our banks, our gas company, our internet provider, and any other places where we both should share oversight in any email communications.
As near as I understand, I have three options. I should engage an ISP that allows multiple email accounts. Or set up a Google group. Or set up a domain and use the Family Plan with iCloud+.
The best option will be one that works simply and robustly with Apple mail even when it may also support higher level options.
I would appreciate insights into the three cases.
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JJW
Do you want both users to be respionsible for adminning and responding from the email account?
Could you share the login and have one person the owner of the accoint and auto forward all email, incoming and outgoing, to the other user’s email account?
This would work with a Gmail or other standard provider, including Proton (which allows forwarding and multiple addresses on a single account)
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My wife and I do this and share a free Gmail account.
It’s set up on all of our devices using the same username and password
It works great
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I have a grandfathered Google Apps plan, so I created an email “group” so both Linda and I receive the same message.
However I do like the idea of setting up another account like what @geoffaire does, then you’d know when the other person has read the message, and actioned it by some kind of flag or moving it to a actioned folder.
The other option, that I have setup for a few things, is to use the username+bills@gmail.com alias (where you can replace “bills” with whatever you want to create easy aliases), you can then setup a gmail rule to process that message including the option to send to someone else (ie your wife, children others).
All work with standard email clients and services. Personally the second option with a separate account, that would just “show-up” in your unified email view, but also be separate and specific by selecting the account when you need.
Thanks for the responses.
I want one account that we both share the login details. I will administer the setup.
I already have an inexpensive ISP option (with five different email addresses) but I will cancel it for various reasons (none due to dissatisfaction).
I have since created a shared gmail account for my wife and me. Easy enough.
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JJW
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