Comments on Becky's T-Blog: Why doesn't everyone have a domain?

Yep! I found that out in the end! :-/Thanks for wr...

2005-09-02T14:40:00.000+01:00

Yep! I found that out in the end! :-/

Thanks for writing though. I used to get that "on behalf of" thing too, but it seems to have stopped now.

You should be able to re-enable the send from opti...

2005-09-02T13:48:00.000+01:00

You should be able to re-enable the send from option in Gmail by changing your language to English (US) on Settings > General. Took me hours to figure it out when it happened to me!

I've noticed a problem though today using Gmail to send from another email address. When viewed in Webmail the alternate address appears as the sender fine, but when viewed in Outlook I get "From: jonathan.******@gmail.com [mailto:jonathan.******@gmail.com]On Behalf Of Jonathan ******"

I'm now thinking this is useless if it is going to look like this, will cause all kinds of confusion and it would be easier to revert back to my gmail address.

I use both Thunderbird and Firefox in an effort to...

2005-09-01T19:23:00.000+01:00

I use both Thunderbird and Firefox in an effort to get away from the evil empire, err Microsoft. My only complaint is Thunderbird has yet to learn that any email subject that starts with SEXUALLY EXPLICIT is spam.

Having picked up .me.uk domains for both 'girl' an...

2005-09-01T12:22:00.000+01:00

Having picked up .me.uk domains for both 'girl' and 'boy' modes, I do use the associated email addresses for (most) of my girl stuff but bloke me is still completely emmeshed into his hotmail account - mainly for continuity (but also because of chronic laziness).

As for mail readers, I'm with Katherine. The only reason I use Outlook Express for my hotmail account(s) is because I have found using any other prog with them (other than the web interface) to be an absolute nightmare.

What? No Thunderbird users??

2005-09-01T00:19:00.000+01:00

What? No Thunderbird users??

I still live in fear of sending an email from my g...

2005-08-31T19:43:00.000+01:00

I still live in fear of sending an email from my girl account to work or the like - so I physically separate them.. Using outlook for boy emails and outlook express for tranny ones...

I have many domains and many web sites. I don't un...

2005-08-31T19:38:00.000+01:00

I have many domains and many web sites. I don't understand why some don't. Mind you, names are harder to come by these days. All the good ones are taken. :-(

I don't know "big up" a company(I was talking to t...

2005-08-31T19:22:00.000+01:00

I don't know "big up" a company(I was talking to the office youf today) and they let you down.

Ooops... stupid me for putting too much faith in G...

2005-08-31T18:25:00.000+01:00

Ooops... stupid me for putting too much faith in Google "beta" services. The option to add a new "send from" address in Google has mysteriously disappeared. I'm yet to find out why!

My turn to be geeky I'm afraid...If you use Outloo...

2005-08-31T18:14:00.000+01:00

My turn to be geeky I'm afraid...

If you use Outlook for your email client (ducks incoming abuse)...Ok, where was I? Oh yes with Outlook its quiet straight forward to send emails using one account so it appears that they are sent using another. For example, I use an ntlworld.com account to send all my emails, yet some appear to come from karol[at]karolcross.com, and my boy emails come from blah-blah@somewhere-else.com. And all from the same account. :)

And for those who are worried about privacy, I can recomend Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com) who provide a proxy registration service for domain names. What this means is that their company contact details (ie. name, address, tel no) are displayed in the WHOIS database instead of yours.

Phew, thats enough geeky stuff for one day. Now back to kittens...

Um... Simplified version....Domain names are the t...

2005-08-31T17:20:00.000+01:00

Um... Simplified version....

Domain names are the things that identify you and your stuff on the internet. Like beckysweb.co.uk. If you buy a domain name you use it as your email address, or for your web space, or whatever!

And it doesn't have to be your name. My name isn't Beckysweb, or Becky for that matter! But there are are loads of domain names that haven't yet been bought. There's even a tool on that UKreg site that lets you know if the domain name you want is available.

Hi Becky,Anne here, hoorah my first post on your b...

2005-08-31T16:59:00.000+01:00

Hi Becky,

Anne here, hoorah my first post on your blog!

I've read your post and I have to say that I don't understand a word of it, is there a simplified version for us slow of thinking types?

As an old fart, I mean veteran computer user I hav...

2005-08-31T16:23:00.000+01:00

As an old fart, I mean veteran computer user I have been using Bigfoot as a mail forwarder for years. Granted I started this in the day when personal web pages were unheard of and blogging was not even a twinkle in someone's eye. And dinosaurs roamed the electronic earth at 2400 baud.

I may have to look at registering a domain name. Sounds cheaper than unlimited Bigfoot, although my bigfoot account is pretty much my online identity. Ah well, can't have it all I guess.

I thought I had heard through the Blogsphere that with Google Talk you can get a free gMail account if you can't score one from a friend. You need a mobile (for all you UK people)/cell (for all us US people) phone. Of course I think I have something like 50 invites if anyone is interested.

Nick - the £3 merely buys you the right to own the...

2005-08-31T12:05:00.000+01:00

Nick - the £3 merely buys you the right to own the name... you would have to buy your own hosting as an extra - or for free just point it to your free webspace/blog.

I know what you mean Becky - I own far too many domain names....

I think some people are scared about appearing on WHOIS registers somewhere (although you can opt out) and there is a slight paper trail with nominet sending you something when you register...

How much webspace do you get for a mere £3 at UKRe...

2005-08-31T11:11:00.000+01:00

How much webspace do you get for a mere £3 at UKReg? There's mention of 750mb on the website, but that seems suspiciously like one of those things that you only get if you spend over £500 and sell them your soul...

Mmm, that's wot's missing from most webmail accoun...

2005-08-31T11:04:00.000+01:00

Mmm, that's wot's missing from most webmail accounts, the ability to use different sender addresses. I mean could you see AOL allowing that? LOL. Yes please, I'd like a gmail account! Thanks.

Also Becky some of us are mean, very mean, like me...

2005-08-31T09:48:00.000+01:00

Also Becky some of us are mean, very mean, like me why spend £3 a year on a domain when all I do is blog? Anyway my surname is as common as muck and shared by a welsh town and brewery so it's probably already taken.

Becky,Such evangelical zeal. Seriously with that ...

2005-08-31T07:21:00.000+01:00

Becky,

Such evangelical zeal. Seriously with that knowledge and enthusiasm have you ever considered teaching IT skills??

Especially to the technophobic two fingered typists such as me?