Help-Domain Hosting with email provided

[ts911993]

I'm after some advice from any one who knows how domain hosting works.

I've had my own domain for over 10 years with my ISP. Let's call it domain.com. They host the domain, and also provide email addresses. I can have 10 named email addresses e.g.. [email protected], [email protected] etc I also have every email sent to domain.com thats not sent to a real address (1, 2 etc) forwarded to the address i'm allocated by the hoster ([email protected])

the ISPs offerings are no longer working for me. while the service is very robust, its too expensive for the amount of data downloads I get each month and with multiple people in the house using the ADSL, we are running out each month.

I'd like to move to another ISP with a better price and download limit, but i'm not sure about what to do with the domain hosting.

do i just move it to my new isp and get the same setup with regard to the email addresses, or are there hosting companies that can do the domain and email for me, which then doesn't tie me to a provider again like i have been for the last ten years?

thanks

terry

 

[dalereardon]

Hi,

I do the hosting and web tech work for myself and our business.

I use Site5 Web Hosting - Free 30 Day Trial + Choose Your Location for all my hosting needs and Internode for NBN ISP access The 2 are kept completely separate.

Site5 starts with a plan around USD$9 per month that would give you most of what you need and around USD$14 would get everything. Their sales and support are very helpful and responsive - I've been with them over 10 years and they now offer hosting in many countries. I personally use their business cloud hosting in the US but started out on their lower packages.

You get a CPanel control panel with your hosting account and that lets you create all the email accounts you need and much much more. They have built in software to install scripts like Wordpress in a matter of seconds for you.

Take a look at their site and let me know any specific queries.

Dale.

 

[yongkang]

Domain Names | Cheap Domain Names Australia

 

[TheRealTMA]

The process is very easy and you should have few problems. We use a number of hosting companies, all in the US since australian ones tend to be offshoots or resellers of US servers, or if locally based have more restrictions on bandwidth, email accounts and are more expensive. Perhaps Web Hosting, Shared Web Hosting, Virtual Private Server, Dedicated Servers by DreamHost is the simplest for casual users. I and a number of people i know use them. They provide the full range of usual services and support is 'ok' and they get back within 12hrs or so with solutions for you. While they do sometimes have problems, over some 10 years or so and they been very helpful on occasions with some clients. As noted above, simple hosting costs around US$5-9 PCM.

You can register/transfer your domain itself through the web hosting company or through, say, crazy domains or godaddy etc. Usually you can have unlimited emails per domain via your hosting company for no extra cost.

PM me if you have any problems.

 

[ts911993]

thanks, guys. certainly sounds like keeping them separate are the way to go.

do you have any idea how long it will take for my domain to be transferred from my current provider to the service provider i choose? i'm a little concerned how long my email will be off the air for.

thanks

terry

 

[dalereardon]

Hi,

When you are transferring your domain you won't actually lose any emails provided you leave your old hosting account active until the transfer is complete.

To change hosts you will setup the new account with your new host and then you change the name servers at the domain name registrar. That tells all other web users where to find your domain name hosting. Emails will go to your current host until it transfers and then they will be directed to the new host.

When transferring web hosts I normally setup a forward on your current host to say a gmail account just to make sure.

Getting the change of web host to fully take effect for all web visitors normally takes between 24 to 72 hours. You might pick up the change in a few hours but you need to allow time for all ISPS to update their records.

Dale.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Dalereardon is almost correct but it depends on where you have your registry. If your current registrar is 'normal' then once you have set up a new site and emails, then you may just be able to simply change the DNS of your existing registrar to point to the new one. The change these days, in theory, takes 24-72 hrs but in our experience is done in less than an hour.

 

[ts911993]

Dalereardon is almost correct but it depends on where you have your registry. If your current registrar is 'normal' then once you have set up a new site and emails, then you may just be able to simply change the DNS of your existing registrar to point to the new one. The change these days, in theory, takes 24-72 hrs but in our experience is done in less than an hour.

now we are getting beyond my level of comprehension! I don't have any idea about the DNS or if the registrar is normal!

 

[straitman]

now we are getting beyond my level of comprehension! I don't have any idea about the DNS or if the registrar is normal!

A good answer ts911993.

I'm sure a few people here (me) are watching the answers here and are hoping to get some understandable IT information. I have no idea what TheRealTMA means with post #7.

Please elaborate TheRealTMA.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Forgive me, too much Curley Flat Pinot!

But it's really very simple, otherwise no one could do it.

Mia culpa, What don't you understand ?

When replying, Do remember the CF 2010 Pinot is only half empty. ( I'm a half empty rather than a half full kind of person.)