Windows : email forwarding?

Nutcase · 21-11-2010, 13:46

We're trying to sell the flat at the moment to buy a house, and when we get one I'm not going to be able to afford a decent quality ISP - will have to go with orange or sky or maybe virgin if we get a house with cable.

What I need to be looking at is setting up a non-isp specific email address that's not yahoo/hotmail etc. and can be used on the likes of outlook or mail.

When you buy a domain and have it hosted that seems to come with mailboxes like that, but are there ways of doing just a domain with email, no webspace as such? I don't mind paying a little bit a month for the domain and mailbox, but really don't need webspace. Any ideas on who is best to use?

And then I guess I just need to tell people the new email address and setup a forward on my current ones while people change over?

Jonny69 · 21-11-2010, 20:49

My experience of domains and hosting (which is limited because I have only done jonny69.co.uk and a handful of others) is that you only get the email addresses when you buy hosting to go with your domain. My domain costs about £10 for 2 years and the hosting is about £35/yr from memory. I don't know whether to trust any of the 'free' web hosts but there might be one that is paid for by advertising on the site, and if you just want the email address then it doesn't matter what the website looks like. You might be able to to just stick up a basic home page laden with ads and get your email address that way.

Does it definitely have to be separate to the ISP? Tiscali etc still offer ISP email addresses without having to subscribe to their services.

Desmo · 21-11-2010, 21:17

Register a name at www.freeparking.co.uk (who I used to use a lot and were fine) and get free pop3 email with them

Blighter · 21-11-2010, 22:20

Just buy a domain and use gmail for your email. Tis what I do with blighter.net

Give me a shout if you need a hand.

Blighter · 21-11-2010, 22:21

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

Feek · 21-11-2010, 22:24

Good advice, I use googleapps for all my email after I stopped running my own mail router at home.

Blighter · 21-11-2010, 22:28

It is great

Free IMAP/POP3/SMTP access, 7.5GB free storage, awesome webmail access... etc

Nutcase · 25-11-2010, 19:12

Thanks peeps

Will have a look at both those options

Nutcase · 03-12-2010, 18:45

Decided to go the gmail route for portability I guess

Time to figure out what I'm doing!

Thanks again peeps

Nutcase · 03-12-2010, 19:47

That was easy, I now "own" bucoops.com (bastardisation of my when I get around to it double barrelled surname buckthorpe-cooper)

21-11-2010, 13:46	#1
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	email forwarding? We're trying to sell the flat at the moment to buy a house, and when we get one I'm not going to be able to afford a decent quality ISP - will have to go with orange or sky or maybe virgin if we get a house with cable. What I need to be looking at is setting up a non-isp specific email address that's not yahoo/hotmail etc. and can be used on the likes of outlook or mail. When you buy a domain and have it hosted that seems to come with mailboxes like that, but are there ways of doing just a domain with email, no webspace as such? I don't mind paying a little bit a month for the domain and mailbox, but really don't need webspace. Any ideas on who is best to use? And then I guess I just need to tell people the new email address and setup a forward on my current ones while people change over?

21-11-2010, 20:49	#2
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	My experience of domains and hosting (which is limited because I have only done jonny69.co.uk and a handful of others) is that you only get the email addresses when you buy hosting to go with your domain. My domain costs about £10 for 2 years and the hosting is about £35/yr from memory. I don't know whether to trust any of the 'free' web hosts but there might be one that is paid for by advertising on the site, and if you just want the email address then it doesn't matter what the website looks like. You might be able to to just stick up a basic home page laden with ads and get your email address that way. Does it definitely have to be separate to the ISP? Tiscali etc still offer ISP email addresses without having to subscribe to their services. __________________

21-11-2010, 21:17	#3
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Register a name at www.freeparking.co.uk (who I used to use a lot and were fine) and get free pop3 email with them __________________

21-11-2010, 22:20	#4
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	Just buy a domain and use gmail for your email. Tis what I do with blighter.net Give me a shout if you need a hand. __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me

21-11-2010, 22:21	#5
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me

21-11-2010, 22:24	#6
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Good advice, I use googleapps for all my email after I stopped running my own mail router at home. __________________

21-11-2010, 22:28	#7
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	It is great Free IMAP/POP3/SMTP access, 7.5GB free storage, awesome webmail access... etc __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me

25-11-2010, 19:12	#8
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Thanks peeps Will have a look at both those options

03-12-2010, 18:45	#9
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Decided to go the gmail route for portability I guess Time to figure out what I'm doing! Thanks again peeps

03-12-2010, 19:47	#10
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	That was easy, I now "own" bucoops.com (bastardisation of my when I get around to it double barrelled surname buckthorpe-cooper)