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Windows Live Custom Domain: Question

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Most of you would have been to the recently opened site by Microsoft : Windows Live Custom Domains Beta.

Things that they give you :

 

1. 20 e-mail accounts in your domain

2. Each account having a 250MB space

3. Junk mail filter protection

4. Virus Scanning.

5. Access it with Messenger, MSN Spaces etc.

 

Now my problem. I entered my domain of Xisto : XXXXX.astahost.com. I get the following error : The domain name entered is not available for use with this service.. I type in : Xisto.com , and it works. What would i need inorder to work my domain on this ?

 

Regards

Dhanesh.

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Problem is you don't have a Top Level Domain (TLD) but rather a subdomain under Xisto. So you can't modify the nameserver MX (mail exchange) records to be able to divert the mail into their inbox.

 

I don't think you can really do it if you have a subdomain. However, if you get yourself a top level domain name then most likely you can.

 

Incidentally, you can get yourself a top level .be (belgium) domain name as stated in this post:

Free .be Domains

 

Site in one of the Belgian languages (Dutch I believe).. but you can guess what goes where in most part and easily skip the ones not marked with an asterix (*). Next you cross your fingers and wait for "that" email to arrive..

And keep waiting...and waiting... :)

 

P.S. maybe abiram can shade some light at it - he's got one.

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lol .. thanks for that prompt reply as always m^e, but i guess going through all that pain and then waiting and getting and .be domain for 1 year and then loosing this mail system is kinda weird if i propose to keep a few folks on my site for good.I just thought that there could be a work around this problem from my side or the server side, but if not then its all fine. Its not that important to me anyways. I am happy with the mail i have in my domain :)RegardsDhanesh.

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Ahh .. i WISHED ! .. lol .. no really, i mean i dont have a problem getting a domain, but then its a pinch that adds up always. I still go to college, and my dad n mum earn, so its like a burn up every time i ask for money. Yeah yeah .. call me a baby, but when your 22 and in college , without a job, man it pinches more than anything at this stage. And like any Indian parents, therz always the "Do your college first, get a degree and then do what you want" yessh .. cant take it , but have to live with it.Maybe in a years time when i get a job i would first go for a domain. Its a top priority on my "to-do" list after getting my second pay :). My first priority is to get an Alienware :$ ..

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