[ale] OT: tech support hell at Mindspring--followup

[Jim Popovitch]

Paul Vixie (ISC/Bind/etc fame) recently just set up a site for such
tracking/advertising such places. 

   http://www.vix.com/personalcolo  
  
-Jim P.

On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 09:09, Robert Heaven wrote:
> OK, forgive my ignorence but, how does one go about setting up their own 
> domain and personal email address? Doesn't there have to be an IP 
> address and sendmail server involved somewhere? Who provides this kind 
> of service and how much does it cost?
> 
> 
> Alan Dobkin wrote:
> 
> > I've run into this problem many times over the past several years,
> > mostly from people switching away from AOL to a real ISP, but also
> > between different ISPs.  My recommendation is always to avoid using
> > any ISP's e-mail account as your public e-mail address.  The best
> > solution is to get your own domain (heck, they're less than $10/yr.
> > now) and then forward your e-mail, if necessary, to your ISP's
> > account.  This way, you can change ISPs whenever you want without
> > having to change your e-mail address with anyone else.  All you
> > have to do is update the forwarding destination in one place.
> >
> > The same advice goes for using work e-mail accounts.  You could
> > instantly lose your e-mail address with any employer and be forced
> > to change your address on all of the items you mentioned below.
> > So, it's best to use your work e-mail address only for work-related
> > mail, then if you leave the job (voluntarily or involuntarily), any
> > bounced mail will be the responsibility of your employer.  If it is
> > something you care about personally, you should always use your
> > personal e-mail address, preferably in your own domain.
> >
> > So, to answer your question, my suggestion is to first register your
> > own domain and set up your new e-mail address.  (Remember, this does
> > not have to be a POP/IMAP mailbox account, only a forwarding address.)
> > Then, set up your account with your new ISP, and tell your old ISP
> > that you want to convert to the cheapest account they offer only for
> > you to keep your e-mail address.  Most ISPs have a plan for this,
> > where you only pay a few dollars per month, but if they don't, you
> > could at least switch from DSL to their cheapest dial-up service, or
> > something similar.  This gives you enough time to migrate your
> > accounts to the new e-mail address.  Then, once you're no longer
> > getting important mail at the old address, cancel the account.
> >
> > The best advice I can give here is to not make the same mistake
> > with your new ISP.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> 
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