Off-Site E-mail Address Necessary?

[Ashed]

For those of you who owns domain names, do you guys rely on an off-site (however you call it) e-mail address in case your server/host goes down or do you just use me@domain.com and don't really care? :confused4

 

[Wojtek]

in whois or general use?

I use my @domain both ways.

 

[Epgs]

I use all sorts of e-mails. I have like 3. My personal is a pay account.

 

[Bruce]

I generally use my domain email.

I still have my ISP email and my spam accounts as well though.

 

[bogdana.org]

I don't get isp mail, so i use hotmail and @domain.com mostly. Hotmail is there in case my server goes down.

 

[CareBear]

I use both to receive email, but only use my host's smtp server to send email since my isp's seems to be blacklisted every other day.

 

[Robert]

I use my @bellsouth.net for important stuff (ie. family), I use my robert [@] aboutrob.us for garbage and I use my dslr.net email for other stuff

 

[notnamed]

Well, I just noticed today my e-mail was down, but it was only for a few minutes. Otherwise I haven't noticed it down for months. I have to use my ISP's SMTP server, because they block ports 25 and 26

 

[CareBear]

Well, I just noticed today my e-mail was down, but it was only for a few minutes. Otherwise I haven't noticed it down for months. I have to use my ISP's SMTP server, because they block ports 25 and 26

Check with your host, mine has 2525 open to allow relaying through their smtp server.

 

[GregT]

I just use my @domain.com mail with sendmail for sending mail.

 

[notnamed]

No Bruce... my paid host offers it, but my ISP blocks outgoing traffic to ports 25 and 26, so I can't use it.

 

[GibboNet]

I redirect my emails from my domains to my free aount on yahoo anyway. just easier to keep everything together in the one account.

 

[Epgs]

I have found yahoo to be good.

 

[Bruce]

I have found yahoo to be good.

Yeah, their 6 meg accounts are pretty large compared to most.

My 2 Yahoo accounts hold my spam fairly well.

 

[awayfromforum]

i am waiting for gmail.

 

[Ashed]

Yeah, I'm waiting for Gmail, too.

Which address do you guys use to sign up to forums?

 

[trenzterra]

I never use my domain mail, as I don't know how to configure POP3 on it (is there)? So I just use my ISPs one, after all it provides 20MB of space just for email.

 

[darkcurves]

I have found yahoo to be good.

Yahoo! Mail is the best around. I am suprised why people would choose Hotmail over Yahoo mail.

 

[LeX]

Probably because hotmail was/is more popular?

"HoTMaiL" was all I knew 8 years ago... Yahoo!Mail is the only thing I use now.

 

[notnamed]

People use Hotmail because it ties in with your MSN account better. (MSN Messenger I mean.) Yahoo's (at least was) more difficult