Timothy Murphy wrote: >I'm not completely clear. >Does this require you to run a computer with your domain name, >or is it just a matter of registration?
Registration with a registrar (I use domaindiscover.com) who offers forwarding. An additional benefit, not mentioned yet (unless I missed it) is unlimited email addresses. I have mine set up with a global forwarder, and use site-specific email addresses: [email protected] for United Airlines, for example. That way I can tell if someone gets hacked or sells me out, and then blackhole that address and change to a new one (and yes, this happened with United, so that address has been blackholed). Filters mark or move addresses I want to single out. The alternative way is to NOT use a global forwarder, but to set up specific forwards for, say, [email protected]. That works too, though obviously it's more work. Some ISPs also support an email name prefix or suffix, so if you're [email protected], [email protected] will go to joe's inbox. This also lets you use filters to manage those notes Someone is about to reply saying, "But SPAM...!" Yes, I get my share of spam; I use a three-level filtering approach (ISP marks things THEY think are spam; K9 (Bayesian, free) marks things IT thinks are spam; Outlook mismarks ;-) things it thinks are spam. I almost never get false positives and I filter the spam into another folder, check it a couple of times a day. (I also keep the last year or so in case I suspect I missed a false positive.) HTH ...phsiii _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
