Hello,
I would like to get a domain for personal email use, and I'm just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for who I should go with? I'm not particularly concerned about website use with it.
I am thinking maybe some kind of batch forward of all emails to another address would be useful, if I ever decided I wanted to move... But do any registrars provide such a thing?
Thanks
Shears
Domain for email use...
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Re: Domain for email use...
Hmm. Anyone? Or does "batch forwarding" not exist? 
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alex.barylski
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Re: Domain for email use...
Have you looked at GoDaddy for such a service? You could probably buy a domain, and have them provide you with email hosting or forwarding.
Re: Domain for email use...
Yeah, I already have a couple of domains with godaddy.
Basically, I've decided, for one reason or another, that I want to get an email address of myname@mysurname.com . And I would like to use it, well, forever maybe, or at least as long as the internet/email exists in its current form. This is likely to be quite a while, so I was trying to think long term...
The forward *ALL* was more of an extra feature I was thinking about. If I went with a particular registrar, then at some point in the future I wanted to move to another registrar, how would I do so without loosing all my emails? Though on reflection, I'm don't think a forward all feature would be what I would need. But hopefully you can see what my question is...
Thanks
Shears
Basically, I've decided, for one reason or another, that I want to get an email address of myname@mysurname.com . And I would like to use it, well, forever maybe, or at least as long as the internet/email exists in its current form. This is likely to be quite a while, so I was trying to think long term...
The forward *ALL* was more of an extra feature I was thinking about. If I went with a particular registrar, then at some point in the future I wanted to move to another registrar, how would I do so without loosing all my emails? Though on reflection, I'm don't think a forward all feature would be what I would need. But hopefully you can see what my question is...
Thanks
Shears
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alex.barylski
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Re: Domain for email use...
Interestingly, I just read an article which highlited the stats of Internet users. Something 97% of respondents said they don't see email going anywhere in the next ten years, so long as users keep using it, it'll stay in use I'm sure. Personally I don't see what is going to replace it. If anything more mobile devices will begin to use email and SMS will drop off, not email.
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Re: Domain for email use...
GoDaddy sells emails services with their domains. And often, if you buy their emails service (which can range in price, but starts at about $2.95 a month I believe) their domains cost $1.95.