Time to fix my email address - Help please

I am in the process of moving from NTL to ADSL, and am looking for help in
trying to avoid having to change my email address again in the future.

What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk domain
through http://www.123-reg.co.uk/ ( are they any good?), and then transfer
the domain to PlusNet (my chosen ISP) for DNS hosting only.

Is that all that I need to do?

In response to what Joe Cocker <(E-Mail Removed)> posted in
news:c5dehk$c8f3$(E-Mail Removed):

> I am in the process of moving from NTL to ADSL, and am looking for
> help in trying to avoid having to change my email address again in the
> future.
>
> What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk domain
> through http://www.123-reg.co.uk/ ( are they any good?), and then
> transfer the domain to PlusNet (my chosen ISP) for DNS hosting only.
>
> Is that all that I need to do?

No need to transfer, which will cost an arm and/or a leg. Get one with
email icluded (mine are with Easyspace) and pick up from there or forward
if needed.

--
Joe Soap.
JUNK is stuff that you keep for 20 years,
then throw away a week before you need it.

"Joe Soap" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns94C955C6F44FSpecialIdString83104@130.133.1 .4...
> In response to what Joe Cocker <(E-Mail Removed)> posted in
> news:c5dehk$c8f3$(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > I am in the process of moving from NTL to ADSL, and am looking for
> > help in trying to avoid having to change my email address again in the
> > future.
> >
> > What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk domain
> > through http://www.123-reg.co.uk/ ( are they any good?), and then
> > transfer the domain to PlusNet (my chosen ISP) for DNS hosting only.
> >
> > Is that all that I need to do?
>
> No need to transfer, which will cost an arm and/or a leg. Get one with
> email icluded (mine are with Easyspace) and pick up from there or forward
> if needed.

Thanks - I was considering that as well - 123-reg do forwarding as part of
their £2.59 deal - but I was under the impression that PlusNet allow you to
transfer for free. Is that not the case? and if so, any idea of price?

Thanks again,

J.

In response to what Joe Cocker <(E-Mail Removed)> posted in
news:c5diaq$dmq6$(E-Mail Removed):

>> No need to transfer, which will cost an arm and/or a leg. Get one
>> with email icluded (mine are with Easyspace) and pick up from there
>> or forward if needed.
>
> Thanks - I was considering that as well - 123-reg do forwarding as
> part of their £2.59 deal - but I was under the impression that PlusNet
> allow you to transfer for free. Is that not the case? and if so, any
> idea of price?

They might well do that. But there will be a ransom for the releasing.

--
Joe Soap.
JUNK is stuff that you keep for 20 years,
then throw away a week before you need it.

"Joe Cocker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c5diaq$dmq6$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Joe Soap" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:Xns94C955C6F44FSpecialIdString83104@130.133.1 .4...
> > In response to what Joe Cocker <(E-Mail Removed)> posted in
> > news:c5dehk$c8f3$(E-Mail Removed):
> >
> > > I am in the process of moving from NTL to ADSL, and am looking
for
> > > help in trying to avoid having to change my email address again
in the
> > > future.
> > >
> > > What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk
domain
> > > through http://www.123-reg.co.uk/ ( are they any good?), and
then
> > > transfer the domain to PlusNet (my chosen ISP) for DNS hosting
only.
> > >
> > > Is that all that I need to do?
> >
> > No need to transfer, which will cost an arm and/or a leg. Get one
with
> > email icluded (mine are with Easyspace) and pick up from there or
forward
> > if needed.
>
> Thanks - I was considering that as well - 123-reg do forwarding as
part of
> their £2.59 deal - but I was under the impression that PlusNet allow
you to
> transfer for free. Is that not the case? and if so, any idea of
price?
>

Still no need to transfer the domain, which could bring problems later
on. What you could do is set up an email address with a free service,
like Hotmail, then redirect your email from your new domain name, to
the hotmail address, then it could be accessed from any account.
I am with 123reg, and have an email address set up as above with no
problems

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:55:19 +0100, in article
<c5dehk$c8f3$(E-Mail Removed)> "Joe Cocker" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk domain

I'd recommend against cheap, because cheap will limit your options.

Personally I use virtualnames and cannot recommend them too highly.
Gradwell also have a good name. Both allow manipulation of DNS records
which is a big plus in certain circumstances (static IP address(es) for
instance).

--

Brian Morrison

please observe reply-to address

In response to what Brian Morrison <(E-Mail Removed)> posted in
news(E-Mail Removed):

>> What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk domain
>
> I'd recommend against cheap, because cheap will limit your options.

Yes it will. But when we find out what the limitations are, we can go for a
more expensive option (a new domain) with the benefit of our cheaply-
acquired knowledge.

--
Joe Soap.
JUNK is stuff that you keep for 20 years,
then throw away a week before you need it.

Joe Cocker wrote:

> I am in the process of moving from NTL to ADSL, and am looking for help in
> trying to avoid having to change my email address again in the future.
>
> What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk domain
> through http://www.123-reg.co.uk/ ( are they any good?), and then transfer
> the domain to PlusNet (my chosen ISP) for DNS hosting only.
>
> Is that all that I need to do?
>
>

I bought a cheap domain from them £5ish for 2 years, and use the email
forwarding and web forwarding, works well, very cheap and unlimited
forwards... Recomended....

Joe Cocker wrote:
> I am in the process of moving from NTL to ADSL, and am looking for
> help in trying to avoid having to change my email address again in
> the future.
>
> What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk domain
> through http://www.123-reg.co.uk/ ( are they any good?), and then
> transfer the domain to PlusNet (my chosen ISP) for DNS hosting only.
>
> Is that all that I need to do?

Wy not keep the NTL account open by moving to the 0845 dial-up service which
is free. Then use your new ISP's SMTP for sending but POP from the NTL
account. Set the sender address as your current NTL address and hey presto -
no change.

Joe Cocker wrote:
> I am in the process of moving from NTL to ADSL, and am looking for
> help in trying to avoid having to change my email address again in
> the future.
>
> What I was thinking about doing was to register a cheap .co.uk domain
> through http://www.123-reg.co.uk/ ( are they any good?), and then
> transfer the domain to PlusNet (my chosen ISP) for DNS hosting only.
>
> Is that all that I need to do?

I use the free email forwarding service from www.bigfoot.com and that has
served me well for 5 years or more through various ISPs from Tesco,
Freeserve, BT Openworld and now PlusNet.