Register a Domain

To create your new spam free address, you will first need to register your own personal domain name. This is easy to do and costs as little as $5 per year, depending on the type of name you choose.

If you already own a domain name, please don't skip this page - there is some valuable information for you too, concerning the whois records and what you need to do to avoid spam.

What is a Domain Name?

The reason that most people register a domain name is so that they can create a website with a unique name of their own choice.

For example, if your name is John Smith, you may like to register something like www.johnsmith.com - which is much better than a free website address like www.johnsmith.geocities.com.

Naturally, the name you wish to register may already be taken, so you may have to try a few alternatives.

Private Email

You can also use a domain name simply to create private email addresses for yourself - this is the most useful aspect of domain names as far as the Spam Plan is concerned!

For example, if you register the domain name www.johnsmith.com, you can create the email address john@johnsmith.com - or any other name at that domain - this procedure is called 'creating email aliases'.

Although most users of the Spam Plan will be using their domain names just for the private email addresses - it is useful to know that if you create a website in the future, you will have a private name for it.

Unlimited Aliases

The Spam Plan is most effective if you can create an unlimited number of email aliases. This will be explained fully in step 3.

If you have no plans to create a website and only want your domain for email, then you should choose a domain registration company that allows you to create an unlimited number of email aliases.

Alternatively, if you plan to create a website, the number of aliases you are allowed will be determined by the company that hosts your site, so don't worry about any limit the registration company sets.

Creating Aliases

The domain registration company or hosting company provide users with a control panel for administration of their account.

Creating an alias simply involves logging in to this control panel, clicking a couple of buttons and typing in your new name.

How To Register

There are many different registration companies - simply do a search for 'domain name registration' and you will find loads.

My own personal choice is godaddy.com - they are very reliable and extremely cheap. They do set a limit of 100 aliases, but my website hosting is unlimited, so it's not an issue for me.

Whois Records

At this point, I need to warn you that when you register a domain, you will be asked to give an email address for your domains 'administrative' and 'technical' contacts.

Any address you give here will certainly be spammed, because the whois records are publicly available by law - but there is no need to worry, there are two very easy solutions to this problem.

Solution 1

The first solution is to take out a private domain registration - this is exactly the same as a normal registration, but it hides your whois records from public scrutiny.

A private registration has the advantage of total privacy - it also keeps your name, postal address and telephone number private - which may or may not be an important issue for you.

A private registration currently costs $9 per year at godaddy.com - this is payable in addition to the normal registration fee.

Solution 2

The second solution is simpler and completely free - you just create a free web based email account at somewhere like hotmail.com and use that address for your whois records.

If you are not concerned with total privacy and simply want to stop your inbox from being filled with junk mail, the second option will work perfectly well for you.

All you need to do is check the account once in a while, in case you have received a genuine email.

Now that you have your domain name, please read step 3 to see how you use it to create aliases for all of your contacts.

Step 3
Creating aliases.

Spam

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