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30 Jan 2009, 09:04 AM
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Last Name as your Email Domain - What Do You Think?
For example, if my last name was Smith:
name @ smith. net I'm thinking of changing to this format, and thus always having my last name for email and maybe even a website for fun stuff etc. Are there any concerns over identity theft problems? I know many people who use firstname.lastname @ gmail. com etc. Opinions? Moderator: Removed a persons first name and fixed live addresses. Last edited by Sherry : 30 Jan 2009 at 02:08 PM. |
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30 Jan 2009, 09:21 AM
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You'd be a lucky person to be able to have your last name as your domain. Mine is way too common and I'm sure was registered in the early days of the internet
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30 Jan 2009, 11:05 AM
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My last name is uncommon
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30 Jan 2009, 11:48 AM
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Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
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If your last name is still available as a .com domain, then run and buy it as fast as you can.
But an address like name @ smith. com will attract a lot of spam. You need to use something less obvious, i.e. firstnamemiddlename @ smith. com (assuming John is your middle name). Also, the advantage of having your own domain is that you can use catchall to defeat spam. I.e. when you visit a website example.com where you need to leave your email address, leave the address example.com @ smith. com. If you ever get spam to that address, it will be easy to know who is the culprit, and block the address. Mod: Fixed live addresses and names. Last edited by Sherry : 30 Jan 2009 at 02:09 PM. |
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30 Jan 2009, 10:18 PM
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Master of the @
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: U.S.A.
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 If you can get it, do it. |
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30 Jan 2009, 10:24 PM
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Well...I did it!
I got my last name as a .net domain. lastname . net ( . com was already taken by Net Identity) I just jumped into my Fastmail account and activated it. |
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30 Jan 2009, 10:29 PM
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Master of the @
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: U.S.A.
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Congratulations, Ken7 ! My name is very common, and is also shared with probably the most famous athlete in recent times, so there was no question I wouldn't get mine.
I'm happy for you, though |
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31 Jan 2009, 04:11 AM
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My name is quite common so for a family account I put "the" in front of my name and "s" after it and found it was available. So if my name was Brown, the domain would be @thebrowns.net.
I was going to use smith as an example and then realised that "thesmiths" is the name of one of the best rock groups ever. We stopped using it after a while and now we each use a different email address. |
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31 Jan 2009, 04:14 AM
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Quote:
or Mr. Ali |
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31 Jan 2009, 04:20 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: British Columbia
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Woods or Beckham?
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31 Jan 2009, 04:22 AM
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Location: British Columbia
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I've got the .ca and .net on my last name. Hoping to get the .com when it becomes available.
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31 Jan 2009, 04:24 AM
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31 Jan 2009, 04:25 AM
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Essential Contributor
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: UK
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I've got dot MS as my email addy.
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31 Jan 2009, 04:55 AM
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Master of the @
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Location: U.S.A.
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Bend it like " Air Tiger Ali " |
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