After many years and experiments, another conclusion I'd like to share:
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Court Cantrell will not complyreplied to Annelies Kamran last edited by
@akamran @friesen5000 @jwildeboer What you wrote made a lot more sense than most of the tech jargon I read on here!
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Annelies Kamran last edited by
@akamran @courtcan @friesen5000 So I guess I’ll write a few blog entries on how to “buy” a domain and Do The Right Thing with DNS entries. So y’all can start enjoying your own domain while I take care of the experts and their jargon filled criticisms in the comments. My flame war vest is ready
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jarjan last edited by
@jarjan Redirect how? With www as CNAME in dns or as a 301 redirect in your web server?
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Ge0rGreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
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@jarjan
www.iomm.net is a CNAME redirect to domains.smugmug.com. For obscure historical reasons, you are not allowed to set a CNAME redirect on the domain itself, so this trick doesn't work for iomm.net. Instead, you need to either configure a web redirect to www.iomm.net, or copy the three IP address ("A") records from domains.smugmug.com to iomm.net (and periodically check if the provider changed the servers!) -
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Ge0rG last edited by
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Michele Adduci last edited by
@madduci I personally do it all myself, as I run my own mailserver since 15+ years that handles all (20+) domains I "own"
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to FediThing 🏳️🌈 last edited by
@FediThing Yes. Quite some of them are managed in shady ways and some just disappear or raise prices in abusive ways. I have learned the hard way to stick with .com, .net, .org (not really cheap) and .eu (as I live in the EU and they are quite cheap). Also a few .de domains, which are very cheap.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Erik last edited by [email protected]
@erikcats My surname has a long history and goes back to dutch farmers "pirating" unused and unwatched land from the nobility to grow crops and sell them hopefully unnoticed. It literally means "wild farmer" for that reason, so it's bit funny but also something I am proud of
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Personne last edited by
@per_sonne I am quite lucky to live in Germany, where I can get .eu and .de domain names at (far) below €10/year. Some TLDs are overpriced, I fully agree. I documented my research when I decided to transfer all my domains away from Gandi after their takeover and price hike at https://jan.wildeboer.net/2024/04/Big-Transfer/ , FYI.
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Pete Kockritzreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer Another thing for setting up DNS, some email servers won't accept mail without the correct SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for your email domain.
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
Final Addendum before I start to write some blog posts on this topic: I will have to rewrite my "DNS Done My Way" post from 2022. For those with a bit of technical background, it however still is (at least in my biased opinion) a good starting point to see what DNS can do for you and your domain
https://jan.wildeboer.net/2022/07/DNS-done-my-way/ -
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Pete Kockritz last edited by [email protected]
@petekrz Yep. And I explained all of that in my "E-Mail Done My Way" series that starts at https://jan.wildeboer.net/2022/08/Email-0-The-Journey-2022/ and the "DNS Done My Way" post at https://jan.wildeboer.net/2022/07/DNS-done-my-way/
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Helmut Tammenreplied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer totally agree. Having your own domain offers you a lot of possibilities. But there are two hurdles to overcome. First one you described, it's the configuration. People with no technical background don't (want to) understand the details. So it has to be foolproof.
The second one are the costs. Although a domain does not cost a lot (I pay €18/year) not everyone can or is willing to pay this. It's much easier to have a subdomain at Facebook, ... that "costs" nothing. -
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Helmut Tammen last edited by
@htammen I find 4-6€/year for a .eu or .de domain quite acceptable. See my price comparison I made a year ago at https://jan.wildeboer.net/2024/04/Big-Transfer/ when I decided to move my domains away from gandi.net
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Eugenus Optimus 🇺🇦replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer is there only you on this mastodon instance? How much it cost to run a server for it?
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Eugenus Optimus 🇺🇦replied to Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: last edited by
@jwildeboer what domain registrar you using? I was on namecheap, but recently started using DynaDot, they have mobile app and clean UI without selling more stuff like GoDaddy
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Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Eugenus Optimus 🇺🇦 last edited by
@ujeenator It's me and my mom
Due to my follower count and traffic from/to my instance, I am on the Star plan for $19/mo -
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:replied to Eugenus Optimus 🇺🇦 last edited by
@ujeenator See my blog post at https://jan.wildeboer.net/2024/04/Big-Transfer/ where I explained my search for a new domain provider and how I ended up with a small company that give me special prices because the owner likes me
