[kwlug-disc] Domain Registrar

[Chris Irwin]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2025 at 09:09:54PM -0800, Ron wrote:
>https://websavers.ca - they're a Canadian company (Halifax?) and 
>they're okay.

Looks like $22/year. That's reasonable, and a few bucks extra for a 
Canadian provider is worthwhile.

Interesting that they also sell Exchange-backed email accounts with OWA 
access.  That's got to be a very niche market.

>I switched *away* from Gandi a few years ago. A couple free mailboxes 
>with each domain became onerously expensive, so now I happily DIY 
>email.

I'm separately paying for email via Fastmail. I haven't hosted my own 
email since 2008. I'm technically capable, but really can't be bothered 
to deal with it.

I settled on Fastmail for the same sort of reason I picked Gandi 
initially: I like what they do. Fastmail has their own Web UI, but also 
provides plain-old IMAP/*DAV access. They're also the primary force 
behind jmap, which I think is interesting.

>Another excellent reason to choose a smaller, independent, preferably 
>Canadian option.

Agreed.

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