# Webmail service opening for the @goatse.cx domain.  The owner swears it is family friendly.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 20, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webmail-service-opening-for-the-goatse-cx-domain-the-owner-swears-it-is-family-friendly/641626 "2012-11-20T17:00:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webmail-service-opening-for-the-goatse-cx-domain-the-owner-swears-it-is-family-friendly/641626/1 "2012-11-20T17:00:56Z")

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Admit it, its not something you anticipated happening in your lifetime: the ability to have a goatse.cx email address. This is your chance to own a piece of internet history and have an email address from Christmas island.

Some guy bought it for €8,000 and is turning it into a webmail service. He says it is family friendly.

Here are the [details](http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/how-goatse-cx-went-from-shock-site-to-webmail-service/) (Ars Technica).

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webmail-service-opening-for-the-goatse-cx-domain-the-owner-swears-it-is-family-friendly/641626/2 "2012-11-20T18:54:19Z")

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What…kind of family??!

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webmail-service-opening-for-the-goatse-cx-domain-the-owner-swears-it-is-family-friendly/641626/3 "2012-11-20T19:19:59Z")

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As amusing as it would be to have a goatse email, it’s not funny enough to be worth paying for.

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webmail-service-opening-for-the-goatse-cx-domain-the-owner-swears-it-is-family-friendly/641626/4 "2012-11-20T19:30:36Z")

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Because it’s new, maybe you can try to sign up a bunch of popular usernames and try to sell them at a decent profit?

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**Author:** ![Hamsonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@Hamsonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamsonia)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webmail-service-opening-for-the-goatse-cx-domain-the-owner-swears-it-is-family-friendly/641626/5 "2012-11-21T07:37:59Z")

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I have a feeling this will be fairly popular - the $5 per year is extremely reasonable, looks like you can incorporate it into Gmail easily. Thank god it isn’t using Squirrel Mail.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/webmail-service-opening-for-the-goatse-cx-domain-the-owner-swears-it-is-family-friendly/641626/6 "2012-11-21T14:53:40Z")

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Yeah, that’s just nuts.