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Is it "safe" to use an own domain for Mails? (feddit.org)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by fluffy@feddit.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hey there,

i have a domain (.de-domain, registered with netcup) that i would like to use for my email-provider, but i am hesitant.

Why i am hesitant: I don't want that people might be able to find out my name/adress that is registered with my domain. If some service does not need my personal data, i simply don't want them to be able to access them. It's as simple as that.

I read that a whois-check could reveal my data, but the situation seems more complicated. At least, i couldn't reveal my personal data with a whois-check.

Why i would like to use my own domain: I want to be more independent from my mail-provider.

I am not that tech-savvy, so sorry if this is a silly question. I tried searching, but didn't found anything, probably because keywords like domain bring up lots of different topics.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Generally domain registrars have whois privacy so that when a whois is requested they find out who the registrar is but they don't find out who owns the domain itself.

So they would get that you host your domain with, say, pork bun, for example, but they would not be able to get any farther than that without contacting pork bun as like an agency or something.

[–] aaravchen@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

WARNING: This varies by domain TLD. Some TLDs require public whois information because the country that owns the TLD has dictated it. Just pay attention when creating/obtaining new domains.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Okay, I was not aware of that. Thanks for that information.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

shortwavesurfer, do you DX? I remember as a kid, running up a dipole antenna, and listening to shortwave stations around the world. I remember there was this station called Radio Antilies that ran the old AM radio shows like The Shadow, The Green Hornet, and stuff like that.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Some. AM DX is kinda fun and i have had my ham ticket for like 7 years now.