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Buy a domain name, now you have a portable email address.

by rosnd 4y ago

noirbot 4y ago
Though I often have questions about how that works in terms of managing your domain. I feel like I shouldn't have the account I manage my domains with tied to an email address at the domain that's under management. If my email provider disappears, I'm potentially locked out of the account I need to log into in order to change the MX records, right?
- layer8 4y ago
  Usually it’s just username/account number and password plus TOTP 2FA. Depending on country (?) they also have your postal address on file and can send you a reset password by letter. And you can specify an alternative email address like your work address, or a free email account that you only use for that purpose. Or you acquire two domains at different registrars where you can mutually use an email address at the other domain.
- beachy 4y ago
  It's hard to avoi nd this chicken and egg situation. I use fastmail and they allow you "alias" addresses. So even though my primary email is on my custom dimain e.g. myname@mydomain.com, Fastmail also gives me an alsia of myname@fastmail.com. That's the email I used to log in (to AWS) and manage my MX records. If either Fastmail or AWS were to go rogue/broke, I like to think I would eventually be able to restore access to my domain even without email? Hope never to find out.
  - DavidSJ 4y ago
    You should just make an account with another provider for that purpose.
dylan604 4y ago
until your domain registrar starts playing stupid reindeer games too
- rosnd 4y ago
  So just work with a decent domain registrar. Or if you have extra money, just pay the fee to become a registrar yourself.
  - dylan604 4y ago
    >So just work with a decent domain registrar. People would have said that about Googs at the beginning (being a decent company) >Or if you have extra money, just pay the fee to become a registrar yourself. yeah, cause just registering a domain and admining your own mail service isn't enough fun already, let's just make spinning up a new registrar part of the deal too? <eyeroll>
    - rosnd 4y ago
      >yeah, cause just registering a domain and admining your own mail service isn't enough fun already, let's just make spinning up a new registrar part of the deal too? <eyeroll> A little paperwork and you get a nice cli tool to admin your domains, customer support directly from the registry. It's not a terrible option.

Buy a domain name, now you have a portable email address.

by rosnd 4y ago

Buy a domain name, now you have a portable email address.

Though I often have questions about how that works in terms of managing your domain. I feel like I shouldn't have the account I manage my domains with tied to an email address at the domain that's under management. If my email provider disappears, I'm potentially locked out of the account I need to log into in order to change the MX records, right?

layer8 4y ago
Usually it’s just username/account number and password plus TOTP 2FA. Depending on country (?) they also have your postal address on file and can send you a reset password by letter. And you can specify an alternative email address like your work address, or a free email account that you only use for that purpose. Or you acquire two domains at different registrars where you can mutually use an email address at the other domain.
beachy 4y ago
It's hard to avoi nd this chicken and egg situation. I use fastmail and they allow you "alias" addresses. So even though my primary email is on my custom dimain e.g. myname@mydomain.com, Fastmail also gives me an alsia of myname@fastmail.com. That's the email I used to log in (to AWS) and manage my MX records. If either Fastmail or AWS were to go rogue/broke, I like to think I would eventually be able to restore access to my domain even without email? Hope never to find out.
- DavidSJ 4y ago
  You should just make an account with another provider for that purpose.

dylan604 4y ago

until your domain registrar starts playing stupid reindeer games too

rosnd 4y ago
So just work with a decent domain registrar. Or if you have extra money, just pay the fee to become a registrar yourself.
- dylan604 4y ago
  >So just work with a decent domain registrar. People would have said that about Googs at the beginning (being a decent company) >Or if you have extra money, just pay the fee to become a registrar yourself. yeah, cause just registering a domain and admining your own mail service isn't enough fun already, let's just make spinning up a new registrar part of the deal too? <eyeroll>
  - rosnd 4y ago
    >yeah, cause just registering a domain and admining your own mail service isn't enough fun already, let's just make spinning up a new registrar part of the deal too? <eyeroll> A little paperwork and you get a nice cli tool to admin your domains, customer support directly from the registry. It's not a terrible option.