Comcast, dynamic DNS service

[Ethan Schwartz]

On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:51 AM, Bill Bogstad <bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Which is why I've had a $20 a year pobox.com email forwarding address
> for over ten years now.
> Currently, I use gmail to actually read/send mail.  I normally use the
> web interface, but sometimes use IMAP clients.   I can switch to a
> different mail provider (or my own server) quickly without having to
> update my address with the world.  It's worth the <$2 a month for that
> piece of mind.
>
> Given the longevity of my address, I get lots of spam directed there.
> So far Google does a pretty
> good job of dumping it into my spam box.  I only see 2-4 messages a
> day of spam that are
> false negatives.   And one or two false positives a week.  Yes, I
> routinely skim my spam folder.
> That's when I use IMAP.  I start up my client and let it download all
> the headers from my spam folder.  I then quickly skim the
> senders/subjects.  The roundtrip time via gmail's web interface to do
> this is just too slow to switch screens.
>
> Bill Bogstad
>
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Directnic.com will let you set up email forwarding for domains you  
register with them--both individual addresses and wildcards--last time  
I renewed it was $15/yr

I've been using them for 5+ years for my "name" domain fr email only.   
They also redirect web requests for the domain as well.

Ethan