[SWLUG] domain names, email etc.

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i signed up for a domain name about a year ago, i don't use it, i just 
thought i'd get it while i could for the future as it was cheap, and yes it 
is in my name, the question is, the people who i went through charge £19 to 
'move' it somewhere else, what exactly would i be paying for here? if i let 
the domain lapse and reapplied on the next day through someone else i assume 
i would avoid this charge? is the charge for paperwork that could 
theoretically be done by me for free?

all this brought on by bigfoot.com who want me to give them $39.95 to 
continue with the service that i have had since '97 for free, i studiously 
ignored their previous invitation to sign up for their premium service 
gambling that maybe my original terms and conditions meant i could carry on 
gettng unlimited emails for free, the deadline passed last september and my 
address stll works, today however i'm invited to sign up again, this time 
however they have an 'ultra' service that although expensive (for me, not for 
what it is) would actually give what i need, their 'premium' service only 
gives 150 messages a day - not enough! this got me thinking about my domain 
name and using it for an email address, all i woud need then is someone to 
host email for me! - cheaply!

i welcome any thoughts that folk might have

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