It continues to suprise me how many people use hotmail, yahoo, or their ISP’s email accounts. I suppose most don’t realize that there are other options, or see a reason to bother. However there are advantages in Permanence, Obviousness, & Spam-Avoidance in getting your own domain with it’s own email accounts.
To do this does require a minimal familiarity with the web & web technologies. If you don’t already have one, first you much purchasing a domain name (a .com, .org, .us, or whatever.) Do a google search for “buy domain name”. Look for a registrar that also provides email hosting (it might be free). The whole thing might cost $8-$15 a year. You now own that email address, (as much as anything on the ‘net can be possessed) at any point you can switching to a different domain registrar, or email hosting provider, and you keep the same email address. A common feature– automatic forwarding, can direct all email from one account to another. It can help you get over the transition between accounts.
Permanence:
The beauty of owning an email address, is it may be the only piece of contact information that can stay constant. Your address and phone number will probably change many times. If you are female (or in a witness protection program), your name may even change, but a well thought-out email address may last a lifetime. I can give people my email address something@jwbjerk.com and feel confident it will still work in 5 or 25 years. Hotmail, Yahoo, and even GMail may not always be around or they may not be competitive. Using and ISP’s email address is even more constricting, because it can lock you in to a service that may no longer be affordable or competitive. Continue reading ‘Email is forever’
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