> I would have thought this concept was obvious - apparently not.
Sorry - it was obvious (as well as the other differences, duh.) I was
obsessing simply on the concept of "mailforwarding" as a commodity - and
conveniently ignoring all the other differences that you and others have
raised.
-rwr
"There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an
idiot."
- Steven Wright
Get Blog... http://www.byte.org/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:06 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: .name email forwarding
>
>
> No intrusion. This is an open discussion.
>
> One is a service that the Registry supplies. You do not have
> to be in a business relationship with any particular hosting
> company or reseller.
>
> The other is a business relationship between your reseller or
> hosting company and you.
>
> Is there a big difference? No, but I would like to know that
> if I change domain registration companies or hosting
> companies that my email forwarding will continue to work. If
> this is a service of my hosting or registration company, I
> now have to set this up with another company should I move my
> domain registration or hosting.
>
> If the customer has "bought into" email for life forwarding
> services from the registry - as advertised on the Registry
> website - it is only honest business practices to tell him if
> you are selling him something else.
>
> I would have thought this concept was obvious - apparently not.
>
> -Tim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:44 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: .name email forwarding
> >
> >
> > > So I assume you also tell these people that they are buying email
> > > forwarding as a service from your company and that it is
> not .name
> > > email forwarding from the Registry.
> >
> > Forgive my intrusion, but what is the difference between the
> > two? Isn't email forwarding, email forwarding?
> >
> >
> >
> > -rwr
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the
> > shore like an idiot."
> > - Steven Wright
> >
> > Get Blog... http://www.byte.org/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 11:32 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: .name email forwarding
> > >
> > >
> > > So I assume you also tell these people that they are buying email
> > > forwarding as a service from your company and that it is
> not .name
> > > email forwarding from the Registry.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
> > Christopher X.
> > > > Candreva
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:04 AM
> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > Subject: Re: .name email forwarding
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Josh Levine wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > According to OpenSRS there's still no way to add email
> > > > forwarding to
> > > > > an already registered .name domain - what are you all
> > telling your
> > > > > customers who ask about this? Is there a registrar out
> > > there I can
> > > >
> > > > We tell them sure, no problem, we'll just add it to the sendmail
> > > > virtusers file with all the other domains we do mail
> > forwarding for.
> > > >
> > > > What's the big deal with doing forwarding for a .name domain as
> > > > opposed to any other ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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