[Help] Any advice on buying a domain name?

I recently started looking into hosting my own email, and the suggestions I got were very encouraging, with a lot of easy solutions paired with some unavoidable gotchas.

It is has become apparent that for me to do this right, I need my own domain name, maybe a VPS or host.

I was about to purchase from Infomaniak, which also had an email solution I liked, but one the prices in euro was throwing me off and two it defeats the purpose of controlling and running my own internet services.

So, I will skip the email hosting and give a try at running my own.

Still, is Infomaniak a good buy? I am going crazy thinking up a good name, and settles on the extension me since it will be a personal thing, but not use my real name since I am going to avoid that shit until I really need to.

Any help would be welcome. Thank you.

rbanerjee,

(The following is second-hand experience) You should google "DKIM and SPF" before you embark on this journey. The tl;dr of it is that senders of email can (and do) end up blacklisted based on the IP Address of their mail server. If you run your mail server on (say) a.b.c.xx and a known spammer happens to rent a vps from the same provider at a.b.c.yy, you both end up blacklisted. The spammer moves on, whereas your emails fail t make it through other folks' spam filters, and there won't be anything you can do about it.

DidacticDumbass,

I think those are things that my domain provider basically automates, it is part of the appeal. You are right, I do need to know how that works so that I can actually run an email server effectively and not damage the reputation my IP Address may have.

Puddy,

Thx for mentioning infomaniak, I'm looking for alternatives to Mailbox.org as they had to increase their prices. I've tried self hosting but somehow it always has been a hassle, might be just me though. Also mailinabox wasn't around back then. I've got my domain at namecheap, they've got all the tools and a super cheap whoisguard service. Prices depend on the tld you're looking for, so you'll have to look it up.

DidacticDumbass,

Hm, I could have looked at namecheap too. I ended up going with Porkbun because of well… it is cute and lovely. Not a great reason to choose a service, but it came highly recommended.

DidacticDumbass,

I did it! I bought my first domain name!!!

Is it wise to share it? I don't know how to be smart about this yet.

dleewee,

Practically every recommendation I've seen on buying a domain is either:

  • PorkBun
  • CloudFlare

These two use very straightforward pricing, with no gotchas.

DidacticDumbass,

Thank you! I was looking for a solid recommendation. Every thing that provide a domain was trying to bundle it with some extra service.

Zoe8338,

Please do add a tag to your post as stated on the sublemmy sidebar! Thank you. :)

DidacticDumbass,

Thank you for the reminder. I need to be more diligent about following the rules of each instance and reading the sidebar.

netsec007,

I like clouflare for domain hosting. They have a lot of great tools that are included.

DidacticDumbass,

Hm, I will check them out then.

Kray378,

I can’t say I’ve heard of infomaniak, but I use NameSilo and have heard good things about Namecheap. I prefer to have my domains hosted somewhere that focuses on being good at that and host my other stuff elsewhere (such as ProtonMail for email or self hosted if you’re brave enough).

As for domain names, they’re pretty cheap if you choose one you don’t like! You can always get a new one later and reinforce knowing how to get it all setup. Personally, I do have one with my full name for professional settings, like giving out to my job or putting on my resume.

If you are interested in the privacy element, I highly suggest looking at ProtonMail and their SimpleLogin integration! It is great for having a unique email address per service you sign up for.

Oxff,

May I suggest mailinabox.email for easy email administration. I've been using it for a long time and it manages the hard bits :).

Sorry I can't comment on Infomaniak I've never used them.

DidacticDumbass,

It has been the top recommended thing, so I will set it up. Hell, I might set them all up just to see what I like.

Oxff,

That's a great idea, please keep us posted with your adventure.

DidacticDumbass,

If I had any sense I would go through the trouble of documenting and BLOGGING what I do.

Except I already said that blogging killed the internet, and nobody needs more poorly written memoirs of their struggles getting something to work.

If I do something interesting or cool, I will let you know!

Oxff,

Sorry realised I already recommended mailinabox before, Doh.

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