Benefits of owning a domain (was Re: Cross Yahoo off the list of free e-mail services!)

[robertb-blu at continuumsi.com (Robert Brown)]

 > From: "Tom Buskey" <tbuskey at usa.net>
 > Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:58:49 -0500
 > 
 > Paul Lussier said:
 > >In a message dated: 21 Mar 2002 13:19:17 EST
 > >"Kenneth E. Lussier" said:
 > >
 > >>Domains are cheap these days, so anyone can afford it. Setting up the
 > >>servers really only requires a few old PC's, a Linux distro, and some
 > >>documentation. 
 > 
 > Register.com will let me get buskey.name with a forwarded email for $25/
 > year.  And I can renew the domain every year so it'll be around for 
 > awhile no matter what my ISP or work does to the domain name.
 > 
 > I'm doing it so I don't have to resubscribe to every list and tell my 
 > friends my email has changed yet again.  What a pain.  It's worth $25/
 > year to avoid that.

http://homepageuniverse.com is pretty cheap.  It includes email forwarding
and url redirection.