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

[Bob Toxen]

I've had very good luck with:

     http://enom.com/

They're in Redmond, Washington and use geographically dispersed LINUX
systems.

Bob Toxen
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   -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002

On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 09:24:25AM -0500, Alan Dobkin wrote:
> --On Monday, March 22, 2004 9:09 AM -0500 Robert Heaven 
> <robertheaven at earthlink.net> 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?
> 
> Most domain registrars offer a basic e-mail forwarding service
> for free with your domain registration.  That's why I made the
> distinction between a POP/IMAP mailbox account and just a basic
> forwarding address, although some even offer free mailboxes too.
> Basically, the registrar handles the DNS/IP address and sendmail
> server in this case as part of their "free parking" service.
> 
> Here are a few domain registrars that provide these services:
> 
> http://www.GoDaddy.com/
> 
> http://www.DirectNIC.com/
> 
> http://www.NameCheap.com/
> 
> Alternatively, if you don't want your own domain, you could use
> one of the many large well-supported e-mail service providers
> (i.e. Yahoo, POBox, etc.), but keep in mind that you will always
> be subject to their fees and policy changes, storage limits, etc.
> With your own domain (or a domain that you share with others like
> your family), you have total control of where you direct your e-mail.
> 
> Alan
> 
> -- 
> Alan Dobkin, Principal
> Maestro IT Services, LLC
> Phone/Fax:  (678) 254-4055 ext. 2
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