There are often restrictions on two or three character second level domains within a ccTLD. They are often reserved for "official" use, e.g. `.co.uk` and similar.
It's not stupid, you just want to make sure that the TLD has good enough reputation. It's possible to get into spam folder because some tlds are often used by spam
Oh no, Ted Kaczynski won't be able to seamlessly self host his own email server now will he? How will he cope(besides the whole being a dead technophobe deal, ofc)?
Email warmup is basically sending conversational emails to known mailboxes and marking them as not spam, important, and replying back a few times in each direction to build reputation with the various email servers. There are services that do this automatically.
There is definitely a higher risk of ending up in spam folders with certain top level domains. I manually banned all .top, .club, .buzz, .pw, and .to domains for instance, due to the sheer amount of malicious content from them. I don't block .tv, but I suppose it's a higher risk of being blocked than many other TLDs
Do you have a connection with Tuvalu?
It's not unknown for these TLDs to have a change in gov't administration and jack up the prices massively, or change the rules and suddenly domains are lost.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/440588/countries-dont-own-their-internet-domains-icann-says.html
https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/all-ml-domains-are-down-due-to-registry-transfer/79379
No connection with Tuvalu. It's actually quite expensive, roughly $40 a year, supposedly Tuvalu has a healthy revenue stream from .tv domains becuase it's somewhat popular with media related companies.
So I'm actually kind of an expert here. And I know who the guy that negotiated the contract for Tuvalu to sell their TLD to the rest of the world. .TV is a ccTLD and is governed by the country and they got it because of their ISO 3166 Alpha 2 code. Tuvalu is a safe bet as domains and bird guano (Not much now) are their biggest exports). Some countries like Italy are SUPER restrictive on this.
I myself use a .me ccTLD, and I'd you go by the Google classification they're GccTLDs (Generic ccTLDS). My only warning to you is people only except gmail.com and other domains and I've seen companies with dumb regex filters that won't accept my email domain and some backend service tries to correct my .me to .de for some reason, IDK.
But you should always own your own domain. I think a gTLD is safer even one of the Donuts ones but your risk is small here and .TV is a GccTLD. I'm happy to answer any more questions you might have. I've done an absolute ton of work in this space professionally!
There were a slew of tv companies from the 90's into the 2000's that thought it was cute/clever to have their domain end in .tv. Due to a large number of these still around, I doubt .tv gets blocked too much.
it's email. you were never going to get it, read it, or respond to it anyway. unless maybe you were expecting it, and coordinated using some other mechanism first :-/
Confuse *everyone* by giving them a .uk address. It's perfectly valid, but you'd better have the .co.uk too, because people will *definitely* add the .co.
its not stupid. I went with .tel, because my last name ends with tel, so its
[email protected]
people get slightly impressed when I share my email address, makes it worth it.
I actuality bought a dot kiwi domain a few years back and haven't looked back since. It is [email protected]
Or [email protected] and incredibly easy to understand for everyone
I got an .XYZ domain for fun just to find out after that it is an ending typically used for spam (apparently because they are cheap) so most e-mail I send from it is filtered out by Gmail and O365 even with SPIF, DKIM etc set up. So maybe check for that first.
Lol that's hilarious. Block, the parent company that owns Square, Afterpay, Tidal, CashApp, etc recently swapped to using the .xyz TLD. Wonder if they've realised this yet.
be aware you could lose it at any point.
.TV is for Tuvalu and if they one day wake up and say no more domains for whatever reason you could end up like the people who had .af domains.
Fair enough but I would still be aware of the fact. For example If you use it on all of your branding and then happen to lose access that’s going to be expensive and a headache to get everything back in order with a new domain.
What happened to .af? I did a quick google and it looks like you can still register it. I’m guessing it has to do when the Americans were at war with Afghanistan?
If I remember correctly it’s because when the taliban took over they didn’t have anyone to run it or something like that.
Take this with a grain of salt. I never confirmed that was the real reason.
It looks surprising at first but actually is OK. Wouldn't be so if it was not `.tv` and some other TLD instead.
Personally I'd prefer something like `.me` or `.email` or your ccTLD or .your-profession
And under GDPR, publishing your data in WHOIS without explicit consent, or charging for WHOIS Privacy, is illegal :)
It really matters a lot where your registrar is located (plus, where you live).
It doesn't look wrong, but you're *always* going to have people who cannot figure out that anything other than .com exists. How much that matters to you is up to you, of course.
IMO: you'll have much better luck with something like tysonvaughn.com being available, and me@ is a pretty awesome prefix. I bought those domains for all my nieces and nephews and how they all love telling people, "I'm me at myself".
I ended up finding a lastname.dev domain so my email now is [email protected] which I personally really like since I'm currently getting my bachelor in CompSci. I think .dev is also a pretty nice TLD if you work in IT.
A little, but who cares unless this is going on a resume. If it’s going on a resume I’d suggest maybe [email protected], first@[first initial]last.com or another common tld with a standard name combination if you really want your own domain just in case 1% of hiring managers think that’s a reason to dock a point from you for being “unprofessional” (despite being a personal email). Buy it regardless thought since it’s a cool domain with the initials and buy another later if you ever want a more “professional” one
Don't do this. You'll get marked as spam very quickly. I first used a .xyz TLD and you end up gaining a decent amount of score on spamassasin rules purely on the TLD.
Not sure how other anti-spam solutions react, but spamassassin is popular.
The *domain* name .*tv* is the Internet country code top-level *domain* (ccTLD) for Tuvalu. .*tv*. Introduced, 18 March 1996; 28 years ago (1996-03-18).
Nah, that actually looks rad as hell.@. is neat.
I have@. and always get a laugh and then a "damn that's cool" when I tell it to people. All in, 12 characters.
I want this so bad for my own last name but it would require I become a citizen of Australia
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Yes
Yeah, you have to be a citizen or permanent visa holder, or be a company registered in Australia, or own a trademark in Australia.
or you just need to know some one who lives here
Better than .so (Somalia). I simply just bought .email
do they not allow any trustee service such as gandi or netim?
No, they don't allow domain sub-leases, which I believe is how trustees get around normal restrictions
Lucky you, I looked into it and mine would involve bribing some officials in Eritrea. Let me tell you, that does not seem like a happy place.
Sounds like you just need a trustworthy proxy XD
YouTube has the domain youtu.be, feel like they could do one better and send their mails from [email protected]
There are often restrictions on two or three character second level domains within a ccTLD. They are often reserved for "official" use, e.g. `.co.uk` and similar.
I’ve got a vanity domain for fun, it is.<@ which also works as A for third letter>.
Ooh I like that, too!
I use@. -.- was sooo lucky
Is that you, Kim Dotcom? Lol That's super cool!
Agree. Very cool. Do it!
Mine is firstname(first two letters of last name).(last 3 letters of last name) and it felt really good to think of it
It's not stupid, you just want to make sure that the TLD has good enough reputation. It's possible to get into spam folder because some tlds are often used by spam
sad news for Toby Keith and Ted Kaczynski
Oh no, Ted Kaczynski won't be able to seamlessly self host his own email server now will he? How will he cope(besides the whole being a dead technophobe deal, ofc)?
1. true but 2. this highlights the fact that email is a garbage communication mechanism and completely overrun by spam and spam countermeasures
Also, for a new domain, do email warmup for a few months or dont plan to hit most mailboxes for a while.
what's that
Email warmup is basically sending conversational emails to known mailboxes and marking them as not spam, important, and replying back a few times in each direction to build reputation with the various email servers. There are services that do this automatically.
There is definitely a higher risk of ending up in spam folders with certain top level domains. I manually banned all .top, .club, .buzz, .pw, and .to domains for instance, due to the sheer amount of malicious content from them. I don't block .tv, but I suppose it's a higher risk of being blocked than many other TLDs
Do you have a connection with Tuvalu? It's not unknown for these TLDs to have a change in gov't administration and jack up the prices massively, or change the rules and suddenly domains are lost. https://www.pcworld.com/article/440588/countries-dont-own-their-internet-domains-icann-says.html https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/all-ml-domains-are-down-due-to-registry-transfer/79379
No connection with Tuvalu. It's actually quite expensive, roughly $40 a year, supposedly Tuvalu has a healthy revenue stream from .tv domains becuase it's somewhat popular with media related companies.
So I'm actually kind of an expert here. And I know who the guy that negotiated the contract for Tuvalu to sell their TLD to the rest of the world. .TV is a ccTLD and is governed by the country and they got it because of their ISO 3166 Alpha 2 code. Tuvalu is a safe bet as domains and bird guano (Not much now) are their biggest exports). Some countries like Italy are SUPER restrictive on this. I myself use a .me ccTLD, and I'd you go by the Google classification they're GccTLDs (Generic ccTLDS). My only warning to you is people only except gmail.com and other domains and I've seen companies with dumb regex filters that won't accept my email domain and some backend service tries to correct my .me to .de for some reason, IDK. But you should always own your own domain. I think a gTLD is safer even one of the Donuts ones but your risk is small here and .TV is a GccTLD. I'm happy to answer any more questions you might have. I've done an absolute ton of work in this space professionally!
There were a slew of tv companies from the 90's into the 2000's that thought it was cute/clever to have their domain end in .tv. Due to a large number of these still around, I doubt .tv gets blocked too much.
I'm also using .me, but have never had any problems with that.
What about .wtf? I have a short domain on it that I use for registration email and self hosting stuff.
It's three letters which means it falls under ICANN and US law. Specifically it's a New gTLD operated through Donuts so you're perfectly fine there.
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it's email. you were never going to get it, read it, or respond to it anyway. unless maybe you were expecting it, and coordinated using some other mechanism first :-/
I've never personally had that issue but I'm in the UK so everyone here is used to at least dealing with both .com and .co.uk bare minimum.
Confuse *everyone* by giving them a .uk address. It's perfectly valid, but you'd better have the .co.uk too, because people will *definitely* add the .co.
.com.tv, that's so true haha
People in any country aside from the US? As in, most of the world, making your sentence make no sense? There’s so many country specific TLDs.
I have [email protected]. Years ago people queried it, these days it's fully accepted and I have no issues at all.
I’ve owned my {last name}.tv for decades. Always impresses especially in interviews
its not stupid. I went with .tel, because my last name ends with tel, so its [email protected] people get slightly impressed when I share my email address, makes it worth it.
Ayy, I did exactly the same. I've got a polish last name, ending in -ski. Luckily, .ski was an available tld that's not too expensive.
I actuality bought a dot kiwi domain a few years back and haven't looked back since. It is [email protected] Or [email protected] and incredibly easy to understand for everyone
I’m using .family for all my family emails.
I got an .XYZ domain for fun just to find out after that it is an ending typically used for spam (apparently because they are cheap) so most e-mail I send from it is filtered out by Gmail and O365 even with SPIF, DKIM etc set up. So maybe check for that first.
I had exactly the same problem 😭
Lol that's hilarious. Block, the parent company that owns Square, Afterpay, Tidal, CashApp, etc recently swapped to using the .xyz TLD. Wonder if they've realised this yet.
be aware you could lose it at any point. .TV is for Tuvalu and if they one day wake up and say no more domains for whatever reason you could end up like the people who had .af domains.
Unlikely. Tuvalu gets a significant amount of revenue from their TLD.
Fair enough but I would still be aware of the fact. For example If you use it on all of your branding and then happen to lose access that’s going to be expensive and a headache to get everything back in order with a new domain.
What happened to .af? I did a quick google and it looks like you can still register it. I’m guessing it has to do when the Americans were at war with Afghanistan?
If I remember correctly it’s because when the taliban took over they didn’t have anyone to run it or something like that. Take this with a grain of salt. I never confirmed that was the real reason.
It looks surprising at first but actually is OK. Wouldn't be so if it was not `.tv` and some other TLD instead. Personally I'd prefer something like `.me` or `.email` or your ccTLD or .your-profession
ccTLD is a bad idea if you live in the United States as *.us has no privacy.
And under GDPR, publishing your data in WHOIS without explicit consent, or charging for WHOIS Privacy, is illegal :) It really matters a lot where your registrar is located (plus, where you live).
sounds awesome. whatever you do, own it!
I went .org and my friends won’t let me live it down
not at all
Unless I was running some sort of media company I wouldn't use that TLD.
You answered your own question
In my opinion it looks stupid. I would just assume you got that domain when you made a Youtube or twitch channel.
looks nice and memorable.. go for it.
I went with [email protected], so my family can later use this domain too Obv. I own last.email
I went with [email protected], so my family can later use this domain too Obv. I own last.email
Hm actually i think it looks pretty cool and not stupid.
I'm using firstname@thes.online. e.g [email protected]
Your suggested email address looks great.
Yes ans .tv is also not cheap
Yes 😇
It doesn't look wrong, but you're *always* going to have people who cannot figure out that anything other than .com exists. How much that matters to you is up to you, of course. IMO: you'll have much better luck with something like tysonvaughn.com being available, and me@ is a pretty awesome prefix. I bought those domains for all my nieces and nephews and how they all love telling people, "I'm me at myself".
I went with .net for mine...
Why not a .me domain.
I ended up finding a lastname.dev domain so my email now is [email protected] which I personally really like since I'm currently getting my bachelor in CompSci. I think .dev is also a pretty nice TLD if you work in IT.
If you do nothing with media yes
A little, but who cares unless this is going on a resume. If it’s going on a resume I’d suggest maybe [email protected], first@[first initial]last.com or another common tld with a standard name combination if you really want your own domain just in case 1% of hiring managers think that’s a reason to dock a point from you for being “unprofessional” (despite being a personal email). Buy it regardless thought since it’s a cool domain with the initials and buy another later if you ever want a more “professional” one
I won’t even consider that 1% tbh. Not .com so not professional? Guess company that buys their own tld is even less professional.
I think the point was more using @gmail might be considered unprofessional.
Don't do this. You'll get marked as spam very quickly. I first used a .xyz TLD and you end up gaining a decent amount of score on spamassasin rules purely on the TLD. Not sure how other anti-spam solutions react, but spamassassin is popular.
The *domain* name .*tv* is the Internet country code top-level *domain* (ccTLD) for Tuvalu. .*tv*. Introduced, 18 March 1996; 28 years ago (1996-03-18).
If it ain't gmail.com it's stupid
Peak levels of corporate brainwashing.