# Email Addresses **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 20, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-addresses/58709 "2001-03-20T13:52:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athorita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@Athorita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athorita)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-addresses/58709/1 "2001-03-20T13:52:16Z")
I’m hoping that someone here can help me with this. I would like to register an email address ([myname@mydomain.com](mailto:myname@mydomain.com)). I don’t have a web domain name registered, and if I can avoid it at this time i’d like to. Is there a place where I can go to register an email address at the domain of my choice? ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-addresses/58709/2 "2001-03-20T14:58:12Z")
You can visit [Mail.com](http://Mail.com), which offers a variety of domain names. I believe they have many for free, but I recall they had more options of how you could route your mail as well, and do mail hosting, which would probably solve problems with getting a domain name, but not register a web domain. > **[Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com](https://www.mail.com/int/)** > > Email how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up today! ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-addresses/58709/3 "2001-03-20T16:56:43Z")
Yahoo will do this for $35/year [http://billing.mail.yahoo.com/ym/vorder1?YY=](http://billing.mail.yahoo.com/ym/vorder1?YY=) There are cheaper places. I’m using **NameZero** , and I’m very happy with it. It gives me an actual domain registration, forwarding to my free website on Geocities, and an **unlimited number of mailboxes** at my domain name. They have both a POP3 and web-based access, so I can get mail at home with Outlook Express, and also by going to my site. \*\* [http://www.namezero.com](http://www.namezero.com) \*\* ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-addresses/58709/4 "2001-03-20T16:58:58Z")
I should add NameZero is $19.95/year ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2001, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-addresses/58709/5 "2001-03-20T17:14:36Z")
There is no such thing as a “web domain.” A domain name is a domain name. Any company that provides web hosting solutions will also provide email servers for your domain. Shop around a bit and see what’s cheapest/has the features you want. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-addresses/58709/6 "2001-03-21T00:53:12Z")
You could try [zzn](http://www.zzn.com). You can have your own email service (others can sign up for it too if they wish), providing you’re willing to have ‘zzn’ as part of the URL. So you could have: [http://www.athorita.znn.com](http://www.athorita.znn.com) with your email being [something@athorita.zzn.com](mailto:something@athorita.zzn.com). Not perfect, but it’s not bad for free. That’s the place I registered [b@dassmofo.zzn.com](mailto:b@dassmofo.zzn.com)😃