Ciao, io.com

[woodwardiocom]

It looks like I may have to give up my io.com email address, as the new owners of the domain aren't interested in running an ISP.

Dammit, I've had that email address for over fifteen years...

Comments

[trowa-barton.livejournal.com]

Will the username be affected?

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

If I stick with prismnet (the old owners), I can probably stay "woodward".

[ceo]

How about the LJ username? woodwardprismnetcom doesn't have quite the same ring to it. :-) (and it's too long for LJ)

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

You have correctly identified another way this is annoying.

[archangelbeth]

You should have no problem. I kept my username.

I believe that prismnet also has grayce.net, if that would fit better with the LJ username.

I am hoping that the new owners of the domain get fireants in their pants... well, just about forever. Over fifteen years! Of one address! It's MINE, DAMMIT!

[bluepapercup]

I saw that announcement elsewhere and immediately thought of you!

It's a bummer, for sure. An uncomfortable reminder that nothing is permanent in the age of the internet.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

I saw that announcement elsewhere and immediately thought of you!

[smile] Cool!

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Unless you buy your own domain. Which costs maybe $15 a year? And I think google will host your mail for free.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the new owners of the domain were willing to forward mail to a new address.

[caulay.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm also more than a bit annoyed at this. Mostly because of the history of the address.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

There is some thin hope, one of the Prismnet staffers leaked to me that he'd been told the new owners were some kind of storage hosting outfit. The reliability of this information cannot be determined at this time.

[mizarchivist]

caulay mentioned the demise of said domain. That doth blow.

What a pain the electronic arse

[drwex]

Sorry to hear about this.