Re: What do you do with a domain name after you get one?

Robert wrote:
Hello, Windows XP folks.

I now have a dial-up line which is where I get my e-mail and also
high-speed cable. Rather than closing the dial-up and giving
everybody the e-mail for the cable and then maybe a year or two from
now if I get a DSL line (not currently available where I live) I'd
have to tell everybody all over again I though I would purchase a
domain name and have one permanent e-mail address independant of the
service provider. But how do you go about attaching ysuch a domain
to your internet service? How does that work?
Robert

The responses I see so far are OK, albeit a little cryptic, and useful
solutions. However, I have another idea to pass by you.
The "other" email addresses you want to get you want to be reasonably
permanent - that's easy.
Would you like to also play with a website? You can get a pretty cheap
website from www.NetFirms.com that also includes e-mail addresses. They
even have a freebie version which can be upgraded to the paid version later
on if you wish. You already have your domain name you indicated, so all you
need is the web space.
Point is, you can create/modify/delete e-mail address almost anyplace you
can rent/use server space at.
I don't recall the details, I think the freebie at Netfirms offers only 1
email address, the Basic pkg at $4/mo 10 addresses, and the other more
expensive packages get into gazillions of aliases, etc., possibilities.

I'm only discussing Netfirms.com because that's where I have three sites
parked, one of them my own. There are several other sources, too, also with
a freebie website/email setup. Ymmv, but AFAIK it's the lowest priced
reputable place I found when I chose them.

Have fun,

Pop`


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