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Or pay for a service that shouldn’t be free, as in free beer, because running a server costs money and companies have to keep the lights on.

by atmosx 8y ago

bamboozled 8y ago
Spot on ! Running a mail server, correctly, isn’t “easy” either.
- balladeer 8y ago
  For many people, including me, it indeed isn't. That is the reason, after trying for months to run my own mail server, I gave up and settled on mailbox.org and slowly will move all my email to my email-id@my-own-domain including bank mails which is hosted by mailbox. To be honest my biggest hesitation has been settling on a domain name :) I have ".in" (my country) and ".net" of my first name (9 chars) and and ".im" of my nick name (first 4 chars of my first name) I have not been able to decide on which one to move to. May sound silly but I would like to know if there are studies on email address length and TLD choices.
  - Whitestrake 8y ago
    Do you have to settle for just one? I have catch-alls set up across several domains I own, they all go into one inbox and replies etc. are sent from the same email the original was addressed to, automatically. I usually use one domain for casual use (like games, Twitch, anonymous services), one for semi-professional stuff (with my real name), and one for actual business.
    - balladeer 8y ago
      Not really but if I can avoid it I would like to settle for just one primary domain that I would share everyone and ask them that my gmail addresses should be removed from their contacts for good. I would like to use it everywhere and get done with it for once and all. Otherwise I'll just keep waiting for that perfect domain (or first-name.com that a lawyer is squatting on since last 7-8 years). One problem I see with .im is it's from a different country than mine and they can change the rules to allow only residents or so, or they can hike the renewal cost to something really high. Also, I am from India where .in is common so some people might confuse .im for .in. I am inching towards <9 char>.in or <9 char>.net (my first name), but then I am not sure whether I should give up my <4 char>.im (my nick name). Also, mailbox.org supports up to just two domains in the plan I am paying for.
      - lzy 8y ago
        I think you will want to go with the most common tld. In this case, .in for your home country and I believe .in adoption is strong enough in India? The last thing you want is your emails going to a wrong tld: me@example.im going to me@example.in is very likely in your scenario for less tech-savvy contacts IMO.
        balladeer 8y ago
        Thanks. I had similar thoughts. 9 character is not too big for a personal domain and .net is common enough, or most common after .com imho. I think I will keep first-name .in and .net and let the nick-name.im expire after a year or two and share .net email to my contacts.

Or pay for a service that shouldn’t be free, as in free beer, because running a server costs money and companies have to keep the lights on.

by atmosx 8y ago

Or pay for a service that shouldn’t be free, as in free beer, because running a server costs money and companies have to keep the lights on.

bamboozled 8y ago

Spot on ! Running a mail server, correctly, isn’t “easy” either.

balladeer 8y ago
For many people, including me, it indeed isn't. That is the reason, after trying for months to run my own mail server, I gave up and settled on mailbox.org and slowly will move all my email to my email-id@my-own-domain including bank mails which is hosted by mailbox. To be honest my biggest hesitation has been settling on a domain name :) I have ".in" (my country) and ".net" of my first name (9 chars) and and ".im" of my nick name (first 4 chars of my first name) I have not been able to decide on which one to move to. May sound silly but I would like to know if there are studies on email address length and TLD choices.
- Whitestrake 8y ago
  Do you have to settle for just one? I have catch-alls set up across several domains I own, they all go into one inbox and replies etc. are sent from the same email the original was addressed to, automatically. I usually use one domain for casual use (like games, Twitch, anonymous services), one for semi-professional stuff (with my real name), and one for actual business.
  - balladeer 8y ago
    Not really but if I can avoid it I would like to settle for just one primary domain that I would share everyone and ask them that my gmail addresses should be removed from their contacts for good. I would like to use it everywhere and get done with it for once and all. Otherwise I'll just keep waiting for that perfect domain (or first-name.com that a lawyer is squatting on since last 7-8 years). One problem I see with .im is it's from a different country than mine and they can change the rules to allow only residents or so, or they can hike the renewal cost to something really high. Also, I am from India where .in is common so some people might confuse .im for .in. I am inching towards <9 char>.in or <9 char>.net (my first name), but then I am not sure whether I should give up my <4 char>.im (my nick name). Also, mailbox.org supports up to just two domains in the plan I am paying for.
    - lzy 8y ago
      I think you will want to go with the most common tld. In this case, .in for your home country and I believe .in adoption is strong enough in India? The last thing you want is your emails going to a wrong tld: me@example.im going to me@example.in is very likely in your scenario for less tech-savvy contacts IMO.
      - balladeer 8y ago
        Thanks. I had similar thoughts. 9 character is not too big for a personal domain and .net is common enough, or most common after .com imho. I think I will keep first-name .in and .net and let the nick-name.im expire after a year or two and share .net email to my contacts.