Make a statement - get a vanity e-mail.
Your internet service provider (ISP) probably gave you a boring email on their domain, or you are one of the multitudes who did not get the email they wanted from larger email provides like GMail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc. Even worse, you had to jump through hoops and add numbers and underscores to your email account, for example This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
You do not have to - if you are a member of the Malabanan or Riethoven family I am offering you an email that is simple and elegant: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
How does it work?
You need to provide me with your forwarding e-mail address. Once set up, any mail arriving at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it will be immediately and automatically forwarded to that address by the mail server. You will still read your messages as you are used to via a web interface or an email client like Outlook at your original email provider. Most email clients and providers (AOL is an exception) allow you to set your Reply-to address to your vanity email address. People will see the e-mail originates from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
What are the advantages?
"Wow, how did you get your family name as your email address?", is an often-heard question when I give my email out. It can be for you too. More importantly than this though, is that your vanity email is a permanent fixture, as opposed to email accounts you get from your ISP. When you change ISP, you will get another email and you will have to go through the hassle of telling everyone you want to keep on receiving emails from. With a vanity email I can change your forwarding address for you and you will just keep on receiving emails send to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with no interruption, no lost emails.
Some minor advantages are that the mail server here is set up tightly to severely reduce spam, but without resorting to content checking software like SpamAssassin and possible false positives. Among others, the mail server employs greylisting to temporarily reject incoming mail from and to people it doesn't recognize. If the mail is legitimate the other server will retry in a few minutes, and the mail gets accepted. Any next contacts from the same server and sender will be granted access immediately.
What does it cost you?
A vanity email forwarding service like This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it costs $ 8.99 a year.
How do you get it?
Choose below the domain on which you want to have your email, and change the username (before the @) into what you wish. You then pay by clicking the "Buy now" button - payments are handled by Google Checkout. Once the payment is authorized, I will contact you via the email you gave to Google Checkout to ask for your forwarding address. When that is set up, I will send you a test message on your vanity email which you should receive at your normal email account. At that time, you can change your 'Reply-To' fields in your email clients and online accounts, and you can start using your vanity email.
Only after the email is properly set up will your Google Checkout account be charged.
| yourname @ MALABANAN.ORG | |
| yourname @ RIETHOVEN.ORG |
