ATT's change of domain name

[willg at bluesock.org (will)]

Another possibility is get a group of friends together and pool money 
together to get a server and have it hosted somewhere and use it for 
email/web services.  I did this a couple of years ago and it's been a 
godsend several times.


On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Tim Lyons wrote:
> 
> Depends.
> 
> As I see it, you really have two options here;
> 
>   1) Wait until attbi is legal and change all your subscriptions
>      ...until a new owner steps up and decides to make us use their
>      domain... Or 1b) setup a free web-based account and use that...
> 
>   2) Setup your own mail server/dyndns/(optional domain) and
>      transfer all subscriptions.  
> 
> Either way you need to make the changes to your subscriptions; why 
> not make it to something permanent that you can retain control of
> No matter who your ISP is.
> 
> Of course, with a mailserver comes all the associated tasks involved
> in ensuring it is secure and not an open relay (especially if you 
> want to bounce mail off it when traveling).  You should also consider 
> implementing secure means of authentication/transfer for external mail 
> access.  AntiVirus scanning of mail should be another consideration - 
> it saves me a lot of headaches with the family.
> 
> If you go the mailserver route,  Checkout dnydns.org or hn.org for 
> your dynamic DNS needs.  I use DynDns.org for my primary domain and
> HN for all the others.   
> 
> --Tim

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