where would i get my own email thing.?

Kennysevenfold · 29 Jan 2009 at 23:55

Hi just wondering if anyone could help me out here, looking to get my own email address like [email protected]/com

is this possible.?

and anywhere to get them for free :rolleyes:

many thanks

Pilky01 · 29 Jan 2009 at 23:59

You will need to buy the domian. I imagine kenny.co.uk will be taken.

Ben643 · 30 Jan 2009 at 00:00

Yeah, unfortunately you need the domain and I'm pretty sure kenny.com or co.uk would cost a fair bit to get now.

Alternatively you could ask if they'd host that email address for you, but I'd say there's a 99.9% chance they won't

BlackAle · 30 Jan 2009 at 00:32

youkilledkenny.co.uk is available.

You can use gmail with domains.

malef!c · 1 Feb 2009 at 09:04

If you buy a domain from Namecheap you can have email forwards or POP3 (5 I think) boxes if you leave the name parked with them.

Forwarders would work along the lines of:

[email protected] -> [email protected]ladress

gumbald · 1 Feb 2009 at 11:46

I use 123-reg.co.uk, found them to be very efficient. .co.uk domains cost about £3 per year, then use Google Apps to host your e-mail. As others have said, you're a bit late for one name domains though...

Mr-White · 1 Feb 2009 at 11:57

you'd need to buy the domain, i use reg123 aswell. check whether the domain is available here

MW

Bane · 1 Feb 2009 at 14:00

I've not checked, but I just imagined someone rushing off to register it then offering to sell it on to you for a marked up price

Mr-White · 1 Feb 2009 at 14:40

just checked...

kenny.uk.com available
kenny.uk.net available

these are the only suffixes left for the domain kenny

MW

GSDog · 1 Feb 2009 at 15:15

gumbald said:
I use 123-reg.co.uk, found them to be very efficient. .co.uk domains cost about £3 per year, then use Google Apps to host your e-mail. As others have said, you're a bit late for one name domains though...

Can you explain how this works exactly?

My parents need a new email address because they've been using their old ISP's email which is about to expire.

I've gone to 123-reg.co.uk and chosen a domain. I go to checkout and it asks if I want to choose extras. One of those extras is "Add email from £0.75 a month"?
Do I need to choose that extra to use email on that domain?

gumbald · 1 Feb 2009 at 15:26

No, all you buy from them is the domain. Then set up a Google Apps account, go back to 123-reg and change the MX records to point to Google. Plenty of people on here have done it, easy peasy.

suarve · 1 Feb 2009 at 15:49

GSDog said:
Can you explain how this works exactly?

My parents need a new email address because they've been using their old ISP's email which is about to expire.

I've gone to 123-reg.co.uk and chosen a domain. I go to checkout and it asks if I want to choose extras. One of those extras is "Add email from £0.75 a month"?
Do I need to choose that extra to use email on that domain?

That's if you want 123reg to manage the email for you. Google apps is free, so would use that personally.

Demon · 1 Feb 2009 at 18:41

GSDog said:
Can you explain how this works exactly?

My parents need a new email address because they've been using their old ISP's email which is about to expire.

I've gone to 123-reg.co.uk and chosen a domain. I go to checkout and it asks if I want to choose extras. One of those extras is "Add email from £0.75 a month"?
Do I need to choose that extra to use email on that domain?

You don't need any extra's, all you need is the standard email forwarding, This is free on all 123-reg domains

What you then do, from their control panel is set up e-mail forwarding,

For example,.

"[email protected]" forwards to "[email protected]"
you can set up as many e-mail forwards as you like, or just tell it to forward everything to a single e-mail adress..

You could forward the e-mail to google etc, but quite frankly, if their ISP has e-mail (and lets face it, it will do), then you just forward to that.