Hey - I've got a net question that I was hoping somebody here could help me with.
When I finish college in a few weeks, they'll be closing my college account, which will mean that I'll need to set up a new email adress somewhere.
I wanted to set up an email adress from my domain name, distractionware.com, but it's just a very basic package (all it does is forward to my college webspace). Where do I start? Do I need to get hosting, or is there a simple way to setup forwaring to a free email account?
Thanks in advance - I don't really have a clue about this stuff, and google searches haven't been all that helpful... (I was given a price of 120 euro at one site...)
Some domain service companies will allow email forwarding (I had my old clan website redirect emails to a gmail address). Go to the site who did your address, log in and see if there are any email forwarding options. The only way of getting you@youraddress.com to go to your email acccount is to do it through the company who handled the domain. If they dont do that, consider finding another domain name company and transfer the domain to them.
Not a bad idea... it doesn't cost anything to transfer a domain, does it? It doesn't look like my company allow it.
Anyways, I'm probably going to buy some hosting in the next few weeks, so maybe I'll just set up a mail server on that or something. Though I haven't a clue where to start with that.
Just buy hosting. If you need lots of bandwidth and storage, search for Surpass Hosting on google. Expensive but superb.
I use dreamhost myself for my hosting and give them a very big thumbs up.
And here's a little secret, when your signing up for your first year of service, if you type 'YELLOWGORILLA' into the rebate box, you'll get a $97 dollar discount on your first year of hosting.
Is that your referral code? If it is, at least have the decency to tell people. If it isn't, why don't you put yours, obviously stating so?
No, it isn't mine, it is one where someone has already set it up that gives that maximum rebate that Dreamhost allows. And in case your wondering at $97 rebate the person who has the referal code make NO money. So no financial gain here, I'm just trying to help people out.
If you wish I could set up a referal code myself. Would that make you happy?
Later:
New discount code: QBASICNEWS
I made it, but set everything at maximum so there is no financial gain for me.
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Woah, take it easy. I wasn't being that serious.
I've never used the referral system from Dreamhost, I didn't know it worked like that.
And anyway, it wouldn't hurt to let people know that anyway.
777 is the best promo code for Dreamhost as it isn't set up by someone, but by the host itself. This gives you a year for 9.99 a month or something. Any other promo code is pretty much a referral code for someone else and all they're doing is removing the original setup fee.