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What can you do with your own domain name in regards to self hosting? (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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One perk that someone told me about is that you can use your domain to get around not having a static IP (because the DNS will compensate).

If I were to get a Cloudflare domain name then what would be some other pros and cons?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

One benefit for me that wasn't immediately apparent is a custom email, paired with something like proton mail and simple login I turned it into a catch all.

It's fantastic. Company asks for a email, sure. [email protected]. Now, I can sort anything that arrives to walmart@ right into the spam box. Doesn't matter what address they'd send it from.

Fucking. Brilliant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does this work with Google Workspace/gmail? And how do you do it? If you’re at some new store say hshsb do you create the email before you go or while you’re there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You can point simple login to your exosting Gmail account, sure. Simplelogin is a paid service.

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