Email problems

[nancylebov]

Uslec (the current owner of netaxs) is still having problems with email--instead of being forwarded to my account at panix, mail to my netaxs account is only readable with mutt (I prefer pine) and some of it may be disappearing. I'll let everyone know when things are serene again at uslec, but meanwhile, you can email me at nancyL *at* panix *period* com.

I hate the idea of changing my basic email address. I've been publicizing the netaxs address for a very long time, but the current situation is making me twitch. What do you folks think of having gmail as one's primary address?

Comments

[madfilkentist]

ISP's will come and go, and free accounts may be especially volatile. Having your own domain is the only really stable solution. Have you looked into making an address on nancybuttons.com your primary address?

Domains

[unix-vicky.livejournal.com]

No reason you need to use nancybuttons.com as your personal email domain (if, as below, you think of it as your work address). Once you have hosting, you should be able to add domains. For example, lebov.net seems to be free.

In our case, we started with steeds.com as our personal domain (for web pages and email addresses), and even gave accounts there to friends. Only later, once we decided to ffer web hosting, did we register steedshosting.net (http://www.steedshosting.net/) and .com. I also registered my last name .org as a domain, so family members could get firstname@lastname.org as email addresses. Since we run our own servers (now on a T1), it's perhaps a little easier for us to add domains as needed.

[dmk.livejournal.com]

I know plenty of people who use it, and love the storage. Is there a reason you don't use an e-mail address based on your domain? I like the flexibility of handing out multiple addresses depending on who's using it (i.e., one address for work, one for friends, one for LJ, etc.).

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I didn't think about it--I suppose I think of nancybuttons.com as my business rather than basic to the rest of my life, but you guys may have a point there.

gmail, nancybuttons.com, and nancy@panix

[mouseworks.livejournal.com]

I've got three email addresses at Verizon, one gmail address, two work addresses, and should really get ogoense.net back now that the Russian porn spammer dropped it after picking it up as a revenge thing when I dropped it.

Plus I get mail forwarded from the livejournal address, whatever that is .

Seriously, get a gmail address for posting to Usenet, answering personals, and subscribing to the NY Times headlines. Put your business address in your sig, and keep the panix address for friends.

Verizon was at one time filtering out the NY Times headlines mailing, so I put that on gmail.

[clstal.livejournal.com]

It's [gmail] my perm address -- for years (uh, 10 to be exact!) I used hotmail and loathed it but didn't find free alternatives I liked better, so now I'm at gmail.

[cellio]

A domain name or pobox.com account (that you then forward wherever you want) seems to be the best way to go for a permanent address. Who knows if gmail will still be a viable option in two years?