and .yahoo.com or aol.com don't quite cut it i was kidding here
Right, but the most "sophisticated" ones, i.e. the ones using the latest technology, tend to use @gmail.com address (powered by Google) you are closer to the truth than you could imagine ;)
the thing is that developing your own mail server is a real pain in the #$@& , this can take several months and delay the launch. google's api offers a nice solution, which is employed by almost 80% of websites on the internet (i'm not referring to the writing industry specifically)
not going into much tech detail: when you get an email from whatever@domain.com, it is technically a gmail account, just fine-tuned a bit
as to the topic, the very fact of using free email service cannot tell much, but the reluctance to provide any info about the company and more than vague price quotes can tell really a lot |