Does anyone actually understand how Google accounts work? I'm including anyone at Google in that question.
I have Google Apps For Your Domain (henceforth GAFYD) set up for durables.org and I've been using my email address from that account to log into various non-GAFYD services that Google provides (Blogger, Reader, etc.) Now apparently Google wants to transition all those non-GAFYD services into GAFYD. This is going to happen - whether I like it or not - in January. Apparently I have to rename all the non-GAFYD accounts I've logged into using my GAFYD email address to something non-GAFYD based (e.g. a Yahoo email address, a gmail.com address, etc.) I expect my users will have to do this, too, but I've no idea what to tell them to do because I'm completely confused about this myself.
I looked at my account settings page - it's a unhelpful mess. Apparently I have another non-GAFYD account name associated with my account. I've no idea how that got there and no idea what use it is. Can I use that with my account, too? If I go to gmail.com, it tells me I'm logged in using my GAFYD account and that I can add Gmail to it by completing a form. I should point out that I already have email via my GAFYD account that I've been using forever. Would this new gmail.com address complement that, be an alias or a replacement?
WTF? Help?
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