On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Nitesh Mistry <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 09:50:14PM +0530, Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Nitesh Mistry <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:24:36PM +0530, Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) > wrote: > > > > Even I get scared quiet often, the only option left is to buy a > domain > > > just > > > > for E-mail purpose... > > > > > > Pardon my ignorance, but how is buying a domain safe for emailing. I > > > believe, you will still need someone to host the email! > > > I would really like to explore this alternative. > > > > > > > You can buy a domain name say www.example.com (host on your computer or > buy > > a shared space) > > > > Since it is your domain so you can setup an email account, example * > > [email protected]* and it will be yours for your life unless you stop > paying > > for the domain... > > But this does not answer my query. I can buy a domain and setup an email > account (which is what I am using right now, while writing this mail) > but if someone can hack (crack, that is ;-) )tail account? What if I > use google apps to host my email with personal domain? > That solution was for "What If Google shut down all its services overnight" There is reliable method to stop crackers to crack into your account which I can think of... > > May be the only extra safety is that (as you pointed out) I will not be > locked out like some gmail users were i.e. denial of service. > > I guess there is more to it than just buying a domain and setting up an > email with that (though I want to be wrong about this). > > By the way, I would love to know more about hosting email on my own > computer -- if that does not involve alpha-geek stuff and needs my > computer to be switched on and connected 24x7. I'll definitely also > google it up. > > > Regards, > Nitesh > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >
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