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I've found that "My firstname dot my lastname at gmail" works great over the phone. I don't even have to say dot com everyone understands "gmail." It's a good
by Kequc 12y ago
I've found that "My firstname dot my lastname at gmail" works great over the phone. I don't even have to say dot com everyone understands "gmail."
It's a good email address, custom domains for email addresses are somewhat rare and often end up being more confusing than helpful. Unless it is support at domain dot com or info at domain dot com.
Not for personal addresses facing the general public though, I wouldn't think. Even something as simple as "My firstname at domain dot com" you'll end up spelling out the domain one time out of two whether you've been talking about it - or not.
- datr 12y agoThere is an advantage to using firstname@lastname.com and that is if google decides to block your gmail account you aren't completely screwed. You can simply change the MX record for your domain, point it at a different service provider and continue getting the email sent to you.
- Piskvorrr 12y agoTrue, but besides the point. The problem is users are conditioned to think that personal addresses don't exist beyond the big e-mail providers. "Not GMail or Yahoo? You, sir, are a liar, such e-mail address can not possibly exist!" (that is an exaggerated version of what I get with firstname@lastname.com: "so, firstname.lastname@gmail.com?" "no, firstname, at, lastname, dot, com." "so, firstname, dot, lastname, dot, com, at, gmail, dot, com?" ...)
- Kequc 12y agoIf they start flagging mail from your domain as spam you'll have the opposite problem.