Comments on: How to get your own domain name, website and email address http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address How to communicate Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: cg http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-453441 cg Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:50:54 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-453441 thx 4 ur article, it is very helpful for beginners.but please write it with the global perspective. Your article is for uk people. thx 4 ur article, it is very helpful for beginners.but please write it with the global perspective. Your article is for uk people.

]]> By: Danielle http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-452090 Danielle Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:31:33 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-452090 I am using siteground.com right now and very pleased with their service. I got the domain name for free (yay!) along with the hosting package. Good features and very good support (they also install joomla for you !!) I am using siteground.com right now and very pleased with their service. I got the domain name for free (yay!) along with the hosting package. Good features and very good support (they also install joomla for you !!)

]]> By: Alex http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448910 Alex Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:54:27 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448910 Hmmm, it looks as thought somebody else had exactly the same problem with 123 that I am having: http://www.unitedforums.co.uk/vb/webmaster-discussion/11358-mails-addresses-related-123-reg-hosted-domains-failing.html I am about to send off an email to the guys at 123 just now... Hmmm, it looks as thought somebody else had exactly the same problem with 123 that I am having:

http://www.unitedforums.co.uk/vb/webmaster-discussion/11358-mails-addresses-related-123-reg-hosted-domains-failing.html

I am about to send off an email to the guys at 123 just now…

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448902 Matthew Stibbe Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:24:59 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448902 Google Apps for Domains or whatever it is called is quite cool. However, if you change a DNS entry you may have to wait up to 24 hours for the change to propagate around the internet. Google Apps for Domains or whatever it is called is quite cool. However, if you change a DNS entry you may have to wait up to 24 hours for the change to propagate around the internet.

]]> By: Alex http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448901 Alex Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:20:13 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448901 After waiting a little while (couple of hours) I started getting the emails too, so it looks like using the 123-reg servers just slows things down, not stops them. In the meantime, I came across google's free offering called google apps. Quite a nice purpose made free setup which appears to prevent messages like "sent by xyz@gmail.com on behalf of xyz@your-domain" The only problem I'm having now is that I am able to receive emails at my new domain from hotmail and google, but not from a couple of other places such as my work email and a friend's work email. The error appears to occur "while talking to mx0.123-reg.co.uk." which doesn't make a great deal of sense since I have changed the DNS to point at the appropriate google servers. That said, I'll give it a go again a bit later - some of these things seem to take a few hours to settle down. After waiting a little while (couple of hours) I started getting the emails too, so it looks like using the 123-reg servers just slows things down, not stops them.

In the meantime, I came across google’s free offering called google apps. Quite a nice purpose made free setup which appears to prevent messages like “sent by xyz@gmail.com on behalf of xyz@your-domain”

The only problem I’m having now is that I am able to receive emails at my new domain from hotmail and google, but not from a couple of other places such as my work email and a friend’s work email.

The error appears to occur “while talking to mx0.123-reg.co.uk.” which doesn’t make a great deal of sense since I have changed the DNS to point at the appropriate google servers. That said, I’ll give it a go again a bit later - some of these things seem to take a few hours to settle down.

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448866 Matthew Stibbe Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:45:39 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448866 Alex - works fine for me. Your mileage may vary, of course. You can buy a POP3 server from 123-reg and get round this problem quite easily and cheaply if you have exhausted all the other options. Alex - works fine for me. Your mileage may vary, of course. You can buy a POP3 server from 123-reg and get round this problem quite easily and cheaply if you have exhausted all the other options.

]]> By: Alex http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448864 Alex Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:41:53 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-448864 I just bought a domain name and set up email forwarding to send emails to a gmail address as described above. It isn't working. I downloaded the 123-reg guide to email forwarding and quickly discovered the problem. Basically, the likes of hotmail, googlemail, gmail ntl, virgin, orange and BT internet do not accept emails from the 123-reg mailserver and so emails sent to my nice shiny new domain don't get through! Ah well, looks like I DO need to buy a pop mailbox after all... ? From the 123-reg guide for email forwarding: Why are my emails not being forwarded? Most mail sent through 123-reg mail servers (80%) is forwarded using the free service we supply to other email providers (i.e. yahoo, hotmail etc) such as the forwarding you have created. As this is a shared service, there are a number of factors that can impact on service which are essentially outside of our control. Within a shared service environment other customers through their actions can impact on other customer’s service on the same platform. Furthermore, with it being a shared service, and more users on the service, it is more likely to have in some circumstances backlogs of mail due to rogue users or other customer’s actions could potentially get the server blacklisted. All of these factors can impact upon service and are essentially outside of our control. Unfortunately a lot of the emails sent through our servers are spam, the other providers see this spam coming from the 123-reg mail servers and they black hole them. Yahoo is one such provider; though hotmail, googlemail, gmail ntl, virgin, orange and BT internet do it as well. This could cause your emails to be delayed or in the worst case bounced back. To solve this problem you would need to forward to another email address or pop box. I just bought a domain name and set up email forwarding to send emails to a gmail address as described above. It isn’t working. I downloaded the 123-reg guide to email forwarding and quickly discovered the problem. Basically, the likes of hotmail, googlemail, gmail ntl, virgin, orange and BT internet do not accept emails from the 123-reg mailserver and so emails sent to my nice shiny new domain don’t get through! Ah well, looks like I DO need to buy a pop mailbox after all… ?

From the 123-reg guide for email forwarding:

Why are my emails not being forwarded?
Most mail sent through 123-reg mail servers (80%) is forwarded using the free service we
supply to other email providers (i.e. yahoo, hotmail etc) such as the forwarding you have
created.
As this is a shared service, there are a number of factors that can impact on service which are
essentially outside of our control. Within a shared service environment other customers
through their actions can impact on other customer’s service on the same platform.
Furthermore, with it being a shared service, and more users on the service, it is more likely to
have in some circumstances backlogs of mail due to rogue users or other customer’s actions
could potentially get the server blacklisted. All of these factors can impact upon service and
are essentially outside of our control.
Unfortunately a lot of the emails sent through our servers are spam, the other providers see
this spam coming from the 123-reg mail servers and they black hole them. Yahoo is one such
provider; though hotmail, googlemail, gmail ntl, virgin, orange and BT internet do it as well.
This could cause your emails to be delayed or in the worst case bounced back. To solve this
problem you would need to forward to another email address or pop box.

]]> By: Val http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-436666 Val Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:10:14 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-436666 Thanks so much, for a moment I thought I was caught up in a loop of wordpress credits and 123-reg offers. Thanks so much, for a moment I thought I was caught up in a loop of wordpress credits and 123-reg offers.

]]> By: Robin http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-425422 Robin Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:21:17 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-425422 I found this very helpful in setting up a domain name for the first time today so thank you very much. I registered my domain at ukreg.com as well but found the support sections on there a little hard to follow so it was a relief to stumble across this guide... Now to read the rest of them! I found this very helpful in setting up a domain name for the first time today so thank you very much. I registered my domain at ukreg.com as well but found the support sections on there a little hard to follow so it was a relief to stumble across this guide… Now to read the rest of them!

]]> By: danny http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-424302 danny Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:52:13 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-get-your-own-domain-name-website-and-email-address#comment-424302 thanks v. helpful you've helped a lot thanks v. helpful you’ve helped a lot

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