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0 pointsWheelsAtLarge3y ago0 comments

"The sweet spot for having control over your email while simultaneously minimizing unforseen headaches is to simply own your domain name"

You would think. The issue no one seems to think about is that you need to make sure to pay for the domain for the duration of your life(at least). Otherwise, as soon as you lose your domain you lose ownership of your email. Any one that has control of the domain has control of your e-mail.

This dawned on me after a place I worked at reactivated the email I used for work when I worked there. It has my name but I have 0 control over it. Lucky for me I never used the email for things other than work so it's not a big deal. It is still bothersome that they can do that and I have no say so on its use.

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lisper3y ago· 2 in thread

> The issue no one seems to think about is that you need to make sure to pay for the domain for the duration of your life

But that's true for any delivery endpoint in any medium, including physical mail and phone numbers.

It's pretty easy to set up auto-pay for domain names so that all you really need to do is keep the billing info up to date. After that it all runs on autopilot.

Aeolun3y ago

Unless your registry messes up and forgets to renew your domain. It’s happened to me before (don’t use them anymore though).

westernpopular3y ago

name and shame? that's a pretty drastic mistake in terms of the consequences it must have had for you.

matheweis3y ago· 2 in thread

> The issue no one seems to think about is that you need to make sure to pay for the domain for the duration of your life

Is there a registrar that will allow you to do this? Most of the ones I’ve looked at have an upper limit of around 15 years or so

talideon3y ago

The maximum bound for most gTLD registries is ten years (have a dig around the ICANN website if you'd like to check), not fifteen. Sure, there might be a ccTLD that allows you to register a domain for longer than that, but I'm not aware of any, and ccTLDs usually have lower maximum renewal/registration bounds than the gTLDs.

If a registrar is letting you renew a gTLD for 15 years, they're basically sitting on a third of your money until the domain's expiration date comes up.

WheelsAtLargeOP3y ago

You don't have to do it all in one shot but you should make sure it gets paid so you don't lose access.

vereis3y ago· 1 in thread

You can always use a different email address to manage the domain if that's the issue?

tsimionescu3y ago

I would imagine the issue is someone else buying the domain, and subsequently receiving any email meant for you (such as a password reset request).

DrudgeCorporate3y ago

While this is true I don't see it as a huge deal. Treat it like any other annual bill (e.g Insurance, property taxes) and you will be fine.

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9 comments · 4 top-level

lisper3y ago· 2 in thread

> The issue no one seems to think about is that you need to make sure to pay for the domain for the duration of your life

But that's true for any delivery endpoint in any medium, including physical mail and phone numbers.

It's pretty easy to set up auto-pay for domain names so that all you really need to do is keep the billing info up to date. After that it all runs on autopilot.

Aeolun3y ago

Unless your registry messes up and forgets to renew your domain. It’s happened to me before (don’t use them anymore though).

westernpopular3y ago

name and shame? that's a pretty drastic mistake in terms of the consequences it must have had for you.

matheweis3y ago· 2 in thread

> The issue no one seems to think about is that you need to make sure to pay for the domain for the duration of your life

Is there a registrar that will allow you to do this? Most of the ones I’ve looked at have an upper limit of around 15 years or so

talideon3y ago

If a registrar is letting you renew a gTLD for 15 years, they're basically sitting on a third of your money until the domain's expiration date comes up.

WheelsAtLargeOP3y ago

You don't have to do it all in one shot but you should make sure it gets paid so you don't lose access.

vereis3y ago· 1 in thread

You can always use a different email address to manage the domain if that's the issue?

tsimionescu3y ago

I would imagine the issue is someone else buying the domain, and subsequently receiving any email meant for you (such as a password reset request).

DrudgeCorporate3y ago

While this is true I don't see it as a huge deal. Treat it like any other annual bill (e.g Insurance, property taxes) and you will be fine.

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