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markowitz.x is taken, but bmarkow is available in all suffixes. Mike At 12:02 AM 2/22/2010 -0500, STeve Andre' wrote: >You aren't an idiot. > >You can register a domain name, flotsamblort.com, and have >an isp handle the email for it. Charges very from isp to isp. >So [email protected] goes to the isp's email system >and you can get it via pop, imap, web, etc. > >If you need to change isp's for some reason, you can. You >get email from a different source but all your friends who >email you use the same email address. During the change >over there will be a slight period of time when your email >could bounce, but it could be on the order of minutes if >things go well. > >Doing this means you have an invarient email address. Talk >with an isp/hosting service for details and cost. > >Does that make sense? > >--STeve Andre' > >On Sunday 21 February 2010 23:56:09 Matt wrote: >> For a complete idiot, as am I, could you expand on that? >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: STeve Andre' >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] New Email address >> >> >> Anthony's point is that if you get your own domain, and then have >> that point to something like optonline, you'll have your own email >> address, and if/when you decide to move off optonline, you change >> the pointer to a new address, and poof, you've changed the low- >> level email system but the world still sees the same address, making >> for a truly unchanging email system 'till you die, or email changes. >> >> --STeve Andre' >> >> On Sunday 21 February 2010 23:38:46 Bruce Markowitz wrote: >> > Because I have never had to pay extra for this one. It exists. I never >> > wanted to change my old address, that's why I kept paying the b*stards >> > $16.00 a month, just to keep that address. Which I no longer can do. So >> > be it. >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Anthony R. Gold" <[email protected]> >> > To: "Thinkpad Mailing List" <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:30 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] New Email address >> > >> > > On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:09:39 -0500, "Bruce Markowitz" >> > > >> > > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> My new email address will be >> > >> >> > >> [email protected] >> > >> >> > >> It is active. >> > >> >> > >> I will change my email on the list shortly. >> > >> >> > >> AT&T, in their infinite wisdom, has decided that the "worldnet" >> > >> email address will no longer exist, and email sent to >> > >> "worldnet.att.net" rather than the "new" "att.net" will not be >> > >> forwarded. >> > >> >> > >> Therefore, I decline to continue paying them $15.95 per month for >> > >> the priviledge of changing all my email accounts. >> > >> >> > >> As usual, they are nothing short of stupid. >> > > >> > > Why would you want to move to an email address owned by your cable >> > > company and how long before you need to change it again? Get a >> > > permanent one. >> > > >> > > Tony >_______________________________________________ >Thinkpad mailing list >[email protected] >http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
