[ubuntu-in] OT: gmail sms recovery (was leina yar)

[Nitesh Mistry]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 09:50:14PM +0530, Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Nitesh Mistry <mailbox at mistrynitesh.net>wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:24:36PM +0530, Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) wrote:
> > > Even I get scared quiet often, the only option left is to buy a domain
> > just
> > > for E-mail purpose...
> >
> > Pardon my ignorance, but how is buying a domain safe for emailing. I
> > believe, you will still need someone to host the email!
> > I would really like to explore this alternative.
> >
> 
> You can buy a domain name say www.example.com (host on your computer or buy
> a shared space)
> 
> Since it is your domain so you can setup an email account, example *
> arjun at example.com* and it will be yours for your life unless you stop paying
> for the domain...

But this does not answer my query. I can buy a domain and setup an email
account (which is what I am using right now, while writing this mail)
but if someone can hack (crack, that is ;-) ) in to my gmail account,
wouldn't he be able to get into my owned-domain email account? What if I
use google apps to host my email with personal domain?

May be the only extra safety is that (as you pointed out) I will not be
locked out like some gmail users were i.e. denial of service.

I guess there is more to it than just buying a domain and setting up an
email with that (though I want to be wrong about this).

By the way, I would love to know more about hosting email on my own
computer -- if that does not involve alpha-geek stuff and needs my
computer to be switched on and connected 24x7. I'll definitely also
google it up.


Regards,
Nitesh