| Checking Domain Name availability | | | | appropriate email software |
| Having decided on a domain name we now need to | | | | POP3 |
| check its availability before we can register it. All | | | | Almost all email on the internet is currently retrieved |
| registrars that can register a .name domain name also | | | | using the POP3 Protocol using an email client like |
| have a facility for checking its availablity. So to check | | | | Outlook Express, Incredimail, Eudora. Because POP3 is |
| the availablity of your domain name go to either any | | | | the most common method of retrieving email you |
| of the .name registrars a complete list is available | | | | often see the term POP3 mailbox being used. With |
| here: | | | | POP3 the email is usually moved from the server and |
| Before you Purchase | | | | placed on the client machine. |
| If you check on one or two of the registrars above | | | | Webmail |
| you will notice that there can be a great variance in | | | | This is becoming a very popular way of accessing |
| price. The most logical choice is to choose the | | | | email using a web browser using the http protocol. |
| cheapest. Before you choose you should be aware | | | | With Webmail the email remains on the server and so |
| that on its own a domain name is not of much use | | | | can be accessed from various client machines. This |
| so please read on. | | | | type of access is ideal for people who travel and |
| Domain names-Email Addresses and Websites. | | | | need to have email access regardless of location. |
| A domain name is an address. A domain name is not | | | | POP3 and Webmail |
| a mailbox or a website! Once you've purchased a | | | | It is also very common that email can be accessed |
| domain name you need to link it to a website and/or | | | | from you mailbox using either webmail, POP3 or both. |
| mailbox. So when purchasing a domain name from a | | | | Account Management |
| registrar you need to find out if it includes any of the | | | | Whether you are going to use email forwarding, |
| following in the price or are they extra.a) website and | | | | Webmail, POP3 etc you should also take into account |
| or email forwardingb) website hostingc) pop3 | | | | how easy the registrar makes it to configure and |
| mailboxes and/or webmail. | | | | reconfigure you domain name. Most use a web |
| To access email sent to your email address you will | | | | control panel interface. You should check if there are |
| either need to forward that email to an existing | | | | any extra charges for configuration/reconfiguration. |
| address or have it sent directly to a mailbox. This | | | | For example let's assume that you've been using |
| was discussed in part 1 available at my websites see | | | | email forwarding from e to and have now decided to |
| below. | | | | use a yahoo account Can you make the change |
| Email Forwarding | | | | yourself? How easy is it? Do you have to pay extra. |
| This is the same technique as is used in standard mail | | | | These are the things you should be aware of when |
| forwarding when you move house. Letters addressed | | | | deciding on a domain registrar. |
| to your old address are forwarded on to your new | | | | Using the Registrar to Host your Website/Mailbox |
| address. The main difference is that with normal mail | | | | If you currently don't have a mailbox/ website then I |
| the forwarding is usually temporary (i.e. 3-6 months), | | | | would choose the package from the domain name |
| whereas in email you could do it for as long as you | | | | registrar. I wouldn't choose to register the domain |
| want. | | | | name with one company and host it with a different |
| So as an example my new lifetime email address is e | | | | one, unless I had already, for some reason, |
| and I have an existing hotmail account of I arrange | | | | purchased one or the other. The normal practise with |
| that any email sent to e is forwarded on to | | | | lifetime email addresses is to use the domain name |
| Mailboxes | | | | registrar to forward the email to an existing mailbox ( |
| Email is stored on a email server in mailboxes. The | | | | your ISP mailbox or hotmail account). |
| mailbox is in effect the physical storage equivalent to | | | | You domain Name and Website |
| a physical mailbox for letters. The mailbox is in turn | | | | These articles have concentrated on email. However |
| linked to an email address or addresses. It is very | | | | you have purchased a domain name and this name |
| common to have email from multiple email addresses | | | | can be used for your website. So not only can you |
| forwarded to a single mailbox for storage and access. | | | | have email at e you also can have a website at If |
| The address is not the mailbox and the mailbox is not | | | | you want to learn how to make your own website |
| the address, they are different. To read email in your | | | | then has information and tutorials suitable for |
| mailbox you need to access the mailbox using | | | | beginners. |