Help a not-so internet-savvy bro out -- registering a domain name

Megamorph

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What exactly would I need to do if I wanted to register "XYZcomputers.com", assuming that the name isn't already taken.

I would also like to be able to receive email at "john@XYZcomputers.com". How do I go about setting this up?

I guess I'm asking how, what, where, and how much? Any help for a non-techie would be much appreciated.
 

Evadman

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yahoo.com. I have all my names registered though them. $35 a year including the e-mail.

I have:

evadland.com
evadco.com
tribegb.com
tribedw.com
tribeaka.com

E-mail is set up on

evadland.com
evadco.com
tribegb.com
tribedw.com

I use 602pro is a sorter for yahoo's e-mail anyone@ service. Works great. Over 200 e-mail addresses on tribegb.com alone. For $35 is it awesome.
 

Megamorph

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Originally posted by: Evadman
yahoo.com. I have all my names registered though them. $35 a year including the e-mail.

I have:

evadland.com
evadco.com
tribegb.com
tribedw.com
tribeaka.com

E-mail is set up on

evadland.com
evadco.com
tribegb.com
tribedw.com

I use 602pro is a sorter for yahoo's e-mail anyone@ service. Works great. Over 200 e-mail addresses on tribegb.com alone. For $35 is it awesome.

Evadman, tell me more -- especially about 602pro. How do I get it. Thanks for the help.

:)
 

weezergirl

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i use godaddy.com to register the domain name and 3-95.com to host it. it's pretty easy and self explanatory.
 

Evadman

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602pro

You want the lansuite. it is free. I registered since I get so much use from it.

yahoo comes with one e-mail address. There is also an anyone@yourdomainname.com service that they offer for free that will route all "misdirected" e-mail to another e-mail address. So foinstance, that one e-mail that you are allowed for free, ( in my instance misd@evadco.com ) is set to recieve ALL e-mail associated with your domain. So for instance, if you type in "sales@evadco.com" then that e-mail would be forwarded to misd@evadco.com.

Now, 602pro will download all the e-mail from misd@evadco.com and distribute it baised on who it was supposed to go to ( such as "sales@evadco.com") as long as you have that name set up in 602pro as a valid e-mail account.

Then, 602pro will act as an e-mail server that users can log into. So you set up a user (yourself) with your name inside 602pro. Then you use outlook ( or whatever you want ) to connect to 602pro and download your e-mail. You can also set up 602pro to send any mail that is not in its database of users to a 3rd e-mail, so none is lost. Like if you misspell "dave@evadco.com" as "daev@evadco.com" it will not be lost. Handy feature if you run it as a buisness.

602pro can also act as a firewall ( blocking ports and ip's. ) it can even block specific web sites. It can be a DHCP server, DNS server, Web server, ( cgi and perl scripting ) a fax server, It does everything!

Not only that, but it takes about 30 seconds to add a e-mail inside 602pro, along with being accesable from the web.

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You should be able to use 602pro with any registar out there, as long as they give you one e-mail and have something like yahoo's anyone@ service.