[LMB] OT: Quoting and email providers

[Mark Allums]

Paula Lieberman wrote:
> From: "Mark Allums" <mark at allums.com>

>> This is the same reason why I got an email account with GoDaddy/
>> Secureserver.  And like Patricia, I have prepaid several years ahead.
> 
> GoDaddy is on my excrement list for their Superbowl ads....
> Also, I heard at Lunacon that most of GoDaddy's business has been 
> registering large numbers of domain names for lowlive sleazoid pornographers 
> and spammers and cybersquatters of the varieties, "buy up thousands of 
> domain names so that when one gets shutdown for spamming the Internet or 
> putting up fraudulent sites to "harvest" credit card information from to 
> siphon out of, you have 999 others to pick from to immediately switch over 
> to and send out more spam etc. directing traffic to, or for demanding large 
> fees from owners of sites who don't appreciate 
> YourcompanyNameWithASlightDistortion-misleadingpeople.com/.net/.etc.

GoDaddy registers domains.  They are in the business of registering 
domains.  This is what they do.  Anyone who wants can register a domain. 
with them.  GoDaddy cannot discriminate on the basis that someone is a 
"cybersquatter".  This argument is specious.


>> GoDaddy are the good guys, mostly, although they are not perfect.  (They
>> have been quick to pull the plug--censor--certain highly controversial
>> web sites.)
> 
> They have in some cases been too quick... and if it;s true that 90+ percent 
> of their business is to people who have to  shut down sites FAST anyway, 
> pulling the plug isn't a deleterious thing to those customers--those 
> customers probably again shut the sites down faster than GoDaddy does!

Are you defending them, then?  I don't understand your point.



>> Anyway, my experience has been that having an email provider that is
>> independent of your ISP is a great advantage.  Whether you go with
>> FastMail, gmail, GoDaddy, or someone else, it saves a lot of hassle when
>> you situation changes.  If you move, change ISPs, jobs, schools, etc.,
>> your email stays put.
> 
> I have  forwarding available fomr from a college .alum.edu  email address.

This is handy for those who has that resource.  Not all of us have that 
resource.


>> You might also consider a vanity domain name to go with your email
>> address.  That way, you can control the email addresses directly.  For
>> instance, If you opt for one of GoDaddy's higher-end services, you get
> 
> I despise them.  When I see castration joke ha-ha-only-kidding ads from them 
> I might reconsider.  Until then, I consider Yuri the Mad to be a kinder more 
> responsible fellow than the GoDaddy outlook....

I am not a paid spokesperson for GoDaddy.  I did say they aren't 
perfect.  But they are more reliable and honest than many, seem to be a 
healthy business, and are considerably cheaper than Verisign/Network 
Solutions.  If you you don't like their ads, fine.



>> GoDaddy domains are US$10.00 a year,

> Some people I know got screwed over majorly by GoDaddy... if GoDaddy is a 
> purveyor of domains name to the scum of the planet, that explains a LOT 
> about it...

I have had only good experiences with them.  And many of the people I 
know who use them also speak highly of them.  Rather than be vitriolic 
and poisonous, why don't you suggest some alternatives?

--Mark Allums