>I have no problem with an individual using GMail for their account, but when you're trying to get me to buy your product/service and your COMPANY email address is gmail, than I have an issue.
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>I have a gmail account. I use it once a year to sign up for the Chez Neward party during the MVP Summit.
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>>Craig and your friend Frank Lee (sorry, that was just too easy to resist), but that's a bit of a broad statement. There are companies (usually small ones) that have used it for years and are satisfied with it, certainly more than they were hosting their own. I know a New England Microsoft Gold Partner and a NY company in the fashion business that use GMail as their standard.
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>>Until about 3 years or so ago, I didn't really touch GMail. Then I had someone ask me how to use SSIS to generate emails using GMail (turns out, you have to write a script). That led to other discoveries of companies using GMail. Yes, it has limits and it sounds like Frank is running into one.
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>>I'll grant you that an email from ZiggyBallsDeep@HotMail.com isn't very appropriate on a resume - but I've seen resumes from respectable developers who listed GMail as their primary address. So in my famous Walmart analogy, I'd say using GMail is like shopping at Kroger....it's OK to be spotted at both

My company email is hosted by gmail; but the address is [name]@prosysplus.com -- we use google apps (along with over 5,000,000 other businesses). I agree, @gmail.com does not generate warmth from recipients. OTOH, when I'm on the phone and someone says "ok, I just sent it," unless their sending server is slow, my reply is "yes, I'm looking at it now." And my impression, and that of experts I've read, is that Google's spam filtering is second-to-none.

Hank