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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by LeoPanthera on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:06PM (#14727202)
Huh? There is more than one TLD. .us is available for US people. Every country has a TLD. There's a whole pile of generic TLDs. Finding one for you will not be a problem.
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by joshmn on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:24PM (#14727247)
You have to realize that the general public doesn't always understand that the internet isn't always .com.

My email is josh@josh[dot]micronesia. When someone — such as a banker, or "everyday" person — asks for my email address, I overwhelmingly hear, "josh at josh dot m n at... what? gmail dot com? yahoo dot com?"

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by Sephr on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:56PM (#14727384)
The repetition probably confused them, and it also doesn't look that nice. If you use something like me@josh[dot]micronesia I'm sure you would be met with much less confusion.
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by jetpks on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:32PM (#14727284)
I get this too with my `.systems` tld. It's really not that much of a problem when I'm telling someone my email address out loud.

What I have problems with are old html/js forms not accepting it for one reason or another.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by blibble on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:48PM (#14727349)
what do you think the odds are of the company running .systems being around in 10 years?

50%?

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by jetpks on Sunday July 09, 2017 @10:46AM (#14729947)
It's just not that hard to run a registrar. Even if the current one bites the dust, someone will pick it up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by sterex on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:28PM (#14727271)
If it's very hard, you write or message it to them.
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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by openmosix on Saturday July 08, 2017 @06:45PM (#14727554)
I bought a 2 letter domain on a .vg and a .mg TLD. It's amazing how many websites refuse my [email protected] email address on signup as "not a valid email address".
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