In a message dated: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:04:17 EST
Angus D Madden said:
>You could always get an account on a shared server and point your domain
>at that server. I find that having an always-on machine that I can log
>into somewhere has many advantages.
I'm not disputing it usefulness or advantage, especially being a
sysadmin and needing to often check my environments the outside on
occasion.
My only point is that the costs, both financial and in terms of time
and effort, of owning/running a domain are more than most people are
willing to accept, especially if it's only or mostly for POP e-mail
access.
I'm paying for dial-up internet access right now. I get pop access
with that. Owning/running a domain isn't worth the effort or money
to me. It definitely would be if I had high-speed, always-on
internet access. I don't, therefore, it's not worth all that effort
plus more to make it all work with a dial-up connection.
If I really need an outside account I can log into, I know plenty of
people who do ownn their own domain that would be willing to set me
up with an account (actually, I already have this with at least one
person :)
My only point was that Kenny gave many advantages to owning your own
domain. All of which I agree with. I was merely pointing out that
without high-speed, always-on internet access, none of those are worth
the effort.
--
Seeya,
Paul
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but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away.
If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
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