Do You Have Your Own Domain for Email?

[myinnerchef]

If you maintain your own server, you have to keep that machine up and running all the time, on a 24/7 internet connection. Too much bother. Let someone else handle it.

And you need a static IP address. Most people these days have a dynamic IP address, which means it changes every now and then. To have your own server, your IP address (which is the street address equivalent for computers) needs to be the same all the time. You would have to check with your ISP for the cost difference. You would probably need to upgrade to business service.

BTW, congrats on surviving a UNIX geek as housemate. I have one too and want to kill him most days. I consider myself pretty smart but it's like he doesn't even speak English when he talks about computers. But he does run our mail server and web host so I can't complain too much.

 

[jenniferp417]

I bought my domain through register4less.com - I've been very very happy with them. I then get my email through google's free "google apps for your domain" - excellent, excellent spam filtering.So I send and receive mail to [email protected] but I used google's interface and it works well.Total cost: $15 a year for the domain.

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

When your Unix Geek DH gets on a tear, just tell him that if he doesn't behave, you're gonna run rm -r on his system and that'll shut him up.