Setting up email on your computer
As an Authorised Google Apps reseller in New Zealand, we now use Gmail as our main email platform for clients.
Once we have created your account, we will send you your username and password.
You can find detailed instructions for setting up your desktop email program (Apple Mail, Outlook etc) here:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&...
One important thing to remember is that the first step, enabling IMAP, is crucial and it won't work if you have not done this.
It is also highly recommended that, once setup, you double-check your email client's IMAP settings as per this article:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892
Let us know if you have any questions or problems.