Alternative Email Solutions

[John Walton]

Gosh, that heading looks like a spam mail, doesn't it? :D

You may have noticed that I have my own domain, walton.vu. I bought this
from the lovely government of Vanuatu, a small island state in the South
Pacific, whose principal economic commodity is domain name sales (and then
tourism). [Aside: Indeed, did you know that the small island nation of
Tuvalu pays its United Nations dues from the money it got for all those .tv
domains?]

I have my domain hosted with a very good host, which has only given me a
couple of hours of trouble ever since I started.

However, it does cost -- the domain names range up to $100 for a year!
*However*, domains ending in .org.uk are only five UK pounds (about US$7).
Hosting, depending on what you use, can be anywhere from $5-10 per month.
Why don't a bunch of folks club together and get themselves a .org.uk
domain?

Alternatively, of course, you can use Hotmail via current versions of
Outlook Express. It's not *quite* POP3, but it's close.

--John