How do I buy a domain?

[FanillaFudge]

Been told we need one to set up an email like [[email protected]] for example.

I also want to link that email to my PC's outlook... is that possible?

TIA

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Can I ask which ISP you use ?

Just that when I was with Freeserve (later owned by Wanadoo, now owned by Orange) they trapped any outgoing e-mail and fed it via their own mail server.

As well as using an internet address (like a phone number) to connect to a service, there are "port numbers" too. A bit like phoning a big company and asking for "extension 123" to reach accounts, or "extension 234" for customer services.

Port 110 is used to collect POP email from a server

Port 25 is used to send mail via an SMTP server

Freeserve used to force any "port 25" traffic into their own server (ie ignoring the use of any "external" IP address or server name). They did it to block spam, and had their own [unpublished] rules (so if you sent a party invitiation to 20 people it would be swallowed as spam, if you sent to 10 or 12 it would go OK).

So, depending on your ISP, connection might be blocked between you and smtp.ukservers.net (the Virtualnames mail server) on port 25

ISP - Internet Service Provider? BT. But the email on my Outlook is still Sky... is that what you were asking?

So,

1 are you saying your POP mailbox is username@sky and

2 mail to yourname@yourdomain gets sent to username@sky

3 does virtualnames provide a mailbox yourname@yourdomain and if so

can you get mail by using the server listed by virtualnames ?

When sending I think you should set the outgoing mail to the server smtp.ukservers.net
with [email protected] as the username part and your password in the password box.

The emails I get to my outlook at the moment are [email protected].

I have now set up [email protected] as the default, but when I try to send it asks me to confirm username and password. Which, as far as I know is [email protected] and the password I set. I put it in but the box just pops up again, and again, and again!

Orignally I set it up to forward the mail to my sky email, but then realised I would be unable to send with the @mydomain address. The forwarding worked, but now I am unable to recieve as the password request keeps popping up.

Also - on the website front. I've looked at Wordpress... the instructions were to access "secure web addresses" throught the UK servers management page... but I can't access? Do I need to pay more for that?

have sent you a private message...

How are you getting on with this?

My head just fell off.

Fanilla - how are you getting on?

I have found a name I like for my new business - I would like to 'buy' the domain name, but don't know who to buy it through or what I need to look out for

you register (closer to 'rent' than 'buy' a domain)

for .co.uk check UK firms like www.123-reg.co.uk or www.ukreg.com

for .com I'd suggest www.Name.com or www.MyDomain.com

you might want to hold back on web hosting unless you know the firm registering the domain will serve your needs (unclear what they are right now :) )

Or, for FREE see www.gbbo.co.uk and your .co.uk will cost nowt, but this route might not be suitable if you plan a big e-commerce site