Mail hosting

You can have your very own nerdylorrin.net email address! Like for web sites you can have any domain name you want (e.g. yourname@yourdomain.org) but you’ll have to pick up the tab for the domain registration. You can have multiple aliases if you want (e.g. I use lorrin and lhn).

Mail can either accumulate in your mailbox here or you can have it forward to another account. If you leave it here you access it with IMAP and webmail. IMAP can be used like POP (where you copy the mail to your computer and delete it off the server) but the real fun is leaving it on the server. Then you can access your mail from any of your computers and always see the same set of folders and messages.

You can also use the nerdylorrin.net server to send messages as well. Normally ISPs only let you send messages when you’re connected to the ISP (which is tedious for travelling laptop users) and the big webmail places only let you send messages from your webmail address. The nerdylorrin.net server allows connections from anywhere and does not care what email address you want to send messages from.
If you want an email address I’ll need the following information:

1. domain name to get, if any
2. aliases you want other than your first name (e.g. your initials)
3. if you want your mail forwarded what address to forward to
4. if you want to store your mail here and/or send mail through the nerdylorrin.net server pick a password and tell me by phone or in person

Once everything’s set up you can configure your mail client (see the mail instructions on the Wiki) as well as log in to webmail via the Mail link on the left.

Mailing Lists

Mailing Lists (aka listservs) are available as well. They’re run by Mailman, which is fully administered via web interface, but is a little cumbersome to navigate.