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domain name with your own name? (self.selfhosted)

submitted 1 year ago by neutron to c/[email protected]

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So I got hold of a domain that shows my exact full name. I thought it would be useful for showing up as "professional" when working in IT and sending resumes.

I got some mail forwarded using the domain registrar. I also made a small static website, which only has hello world for now but soon will get the contents filled up.

But then... what? I suppose I can host anything I want, but then there's the whole "real name - gotta look professional" aspect that makes me weary of hosting a Lemmy instance, for example, when the domain without my name attached wouldn't.

I suppose having personal domains were cool in the 90s where people were barely learning about "the internets". Not so anymore?

Is there a usefulness in having a domain name with your real name attached on this age?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Use your surname with a personal domain. Then you can link up other family members to it. Eg. [email protected] . Otherwise you've got to have an email address [email protected] which looks stupid.

Use your organisation as your work email. [email protected], [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

You then separate the work and personal emails. Sending personal emails through a corporate server using the corporate domain is fair game to use in a court, you're ostensibly representing the company and it's not a personal email.

There are various hilarious stories about people losing rights to their name etc post internet era when their company was purchased.

Don't try to run a mail server yourself, that became counter productive about the 2010s. I used to run servers easily last century when there was almost no-one sending email, then the sp-/sc-ammers 'entered the room'.

Accidentally clicking on a wrong email on a unsecure environment can ruin your day if you're tired and just keep clicking mindlessly.

Good luck. Especially if you have a popular surname that your family doesn't own.