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^^^ And isn't GMail supposed to be so secure & immune from hacking?
I don't know if anyone ever claimed immunity, but if you use their 2 step verification, your account is much, much more secure. I doubt many are using it, though.
Cleared after two hours, and yes I always google problems to look for solution. Is not that I didn't find the answers, I just wondered about this occurrence because there was not any unusual behavior on my part. And no, my computer is not infected.
It's not a question of your computer being infected - it's a question of the security of your email - if I were you, I would change the password (assuming your weren't asked to do that already)
Cleared after two hours, and yes I always google problems to look for solution. Is not that I didn't find the answers, I just wondered about this occurrence because there was not any unusual behavior on my part. And no, my computer is not infected.
From the link provided by LibraGirl, your ACCOUNT has been compromised, not your computer. Your account. What that means is that someone else is likely using your account to send thousands and thousands of spam emails to others. So change your password NOW. Set up 2 step verification.
As far as being secure and immune...NOTHING is immune. Nothing. Change your password every 6 months or so. Use long passwords or passphrases. For example, instead of using "password", use something like a passphrase - take a sentence such as: My Email Might Be Secure If I Change My Password Often - next, make that into a string of letters and numbers, mixing upper and lower case and throw in a symbol or 2.
I had my bank-account UN/PW made invalid by my bank's security system.
Seems that someone was trying to hack into my account using my username......but they could not get the PW right.
If someone is trying to access your account, and they get either the UN or PW wrong too many times......that account/UN-PW/account-access, may get suspended.
Buy your own domain name.
Send email using that domain name.
Take a few years to notify everyone that you have a new email address of: joe@joesdomain.com
Then, you will no longer care what email service you actually use.
Can you please suggest which Domain Name Register offers email address with just a Domain Name.
Isn't it also necessary to have the Domain Name hosted somewhere to have an email address?
Can you please suggest which Domain Name Register offers email address with just a Domain Name.
Isn't it also necessary to have the Domain Name hosted somewhere to have an email address?
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Many registrars will also offer email hosting (generally for a fee). There are also third party providers that can provide email on a custom domain (even Google).
From a technical standpoint, you'll need a hosted email service somewhere, but as long as the mail specific DNS records exist for the domain, you don't need any other hosting.
Many registrars will also offer email hosting (generally for a fee). There are also third party providers that can provide email on a custom domain (even Google).
From a technical standpoint, you'll need a hosted email service somewhere, but as long as the mail specific DNS records exist for the domain, you don't need any other hosting.
Yes I understand that. For example I have a domain name that is not hosted and I have the option of either paying to add an email account or I can forward email coming to my un-hosted Domain name to another email provider.
But that means there must be another email account somewhere such as Hotmail, gMail or whatever. That's back to square one and isn't really a solution to not depending on an email service provider such as gMail etc.
My post wasn't concerning whether a Domain Name needs hosting or not. It was to clarify that just getting the Domain Name wasn't the solution to not depending on a email provider.
It's not that simple and that is why I posted my reply davebarnes, to ask if he could suggest what Register may provide such a service without being hosted. He may know of one.
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