Having recently decided to investigate options other than Google Apps ( http://gmailblog.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/reach-people-you-know-more-easily.html) I've backtracked somewhat (a regression of sorts) to a time prior to Gmail, and

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, sans a Christmas theme. Looks like Christmas will be CNAME's and Azure for the holiday period. Brilliant.