Proffesional email address

BenJ · 21 Jun 2007 at 21:50

Hey,

Just wondering if there are any companies who offer professional looking paid email addresses rather than using our isp or some free email addy.

233 · 21 Jun 2007 at 21:50

just setup a cheap domain name for some posh sounding company

have as many as you want

BenJ · 21 Jun 2007 at 21:51

How and where do you set these up?

Trifid · 21 Jun 2007 at 21:55

www.1and1.co.uk although they are meant to suck they have a quick checker to see if they are available.

I really want my surname over gmail/yahoo/[email protected]

I have been looking at mail.us to have [email protected]

schnipps · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:06

register1.net, setup a domain name and get email forwarding, costs next to nothing. I have been using my blueyonder telewest email addy with a proper one for 3 years and never a problem. Its very simple, bu domain name login to control panel and setup email forwarding. So if you buy www.ilovecarpets.co.uk you can set up a forward of [email protected]

manoz · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:08

schnipps said:
register1.net, setup a domain name and get email forwarding, costs next to nothing. I have been using my blueyonder telewest email addy with a proper one for 3 years and never a problem. Its very simple, bu domain name login to control panel and setup email forwarding. So if you buy www.ilovecarpets.co.uk you can set up a forward of [email protected]

if you leave blueyonder will that still work?

Trifid · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:10

Yes. You can forward it to where ever you want incl. Gmail and yahoo. (Just set reply with incoming email address or what ever it is called.)

BenJ · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:11

thanks schinipps! just what i was looking for.

kkthxbye · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:12

Unless you work or have a company I dont see why a @ntlworld.com or bt email isnt professional.

BenJ · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:13

Its for work related, and with isps its very hard to get somthing short because everything is taken

Scam · 21 Jun 2007 at 22:33

I was reading one of many links about CVs and it had a bit about not having silly email addresses.. it mentioned getting one from ft.com but i'm not quite sure how (financial times). I think your name @gmail.com would look fine to be honest, as long as you can get it without lots of numbers etc..

schnipps · 21 Jun 2007 at 23:13

kkthxbye said:
Unless you work or have a company I dont see why a @ntlworld.com or bt email isnt professional.

tbh it isnt professional, ntl, aol, hotmail etc just reaks of small business/ clueless about the web which isnt a bad thing but having a proper email addy really speaks for itself. I would respect a company more if it was more organised, its just the way of the world. Get up to speed, there is nothing worse than a van providing a product with [email protected] on the side. Its so simple to do properly then why not do it properly?

beh · 22 Jun 2007 at 00:51

Get a cheap domain, as others have said, but rather than just forwarding perhaps use Google Apps (free) to allow you to properly send and receive mail from @youdomain.com