On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 15:39, Paul Lussier wrote: > In a message dated: 21 Mar 2002 13:19:17 EST > "Kenneth E. Lussier" said: > > >Domains are cheap these days, so anyone can afford it. Setting up the > >servers really only requires a few old PC's, a Linux distro, and some > >documentation. > > You forgot one important thing: > > Affordable, high speed, always-on internet access. > > I could easily afford to register my own domain, but without xDSL or > cable modem access to the net, what good is it? A dial-up connection > just isn't a feasible means of running a domain. Can it be done? > Absolutely. Is it worth the trouble? No, not really. Especially if > the only reason is to gain POP3 e-mail access.
It is good, even on a dial-up. I know for certain that DomainDiscover will forward mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to a pre-specified e-mail address. In other words, you can register foo.com and have e-mail that is sent to foo.com forwarded to your earthlink address. That way, if you lose your dial-up account for any reason, just change the forwarding e-mail address to your new e-mail address. You don't have to worry about telling everyone about your new address. It never changes, as long as you remember to renew the domain name. I'm sure other registrars offer the same services as well. > My $21/month for an ISP gets me upto 8 POP3 mailboxes if I really > need them. If I *really* want to run a website, I get 10MB or so of > space. Agreed. You have everything you need. Until Mindspring tells you that they are changing the doamin name for your e-mail to earthlink.net (NOTE: This is fairly unlikely to actually happen in this case). > Running my own domain, as I'm sure is true for most internet users, > is actually *more* trouble than it's worth, especially considering > I'm restricted to dial-up access, as is the majority of the U.S.! For most internet users, yes. But that is why 20Million of them are using AOL ;-) > The fact that Yahoo is restricting free e-mail access to it's web > interface just means that I'll occasionally (once every couple of > months) check that mail box. I'll access that address just often > enough to keep it active, while leaving the mail on their systems > indefinitely costing them even more money! I use mine to collect spam. Whenever I need to enter an e-maill address on a website, I use that one. I go in once every few months to keep it active, and delete everything that's there. C-Ya, Kenny -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "In conclusion, please be wary where authority reigns" -- Warrior Soul Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCB254DD0 ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
