On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 06:05:35AM +0530, Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Nitesh Mistry > <mail...@mistrynitesh.net>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 <mail...@mistrynitesh.net > > >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 * > > > ar...@example.com* 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"
So there is a trade off between either integrating all the services (risky but convenient) vs. using email as a stand-alone service (relatively safe but inconvenient and costly) > There is reliable method to stop crackers to crack into your account which I > can think of... Did you mean -- There is [no] 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 ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in