Confused with webmail / domain names

alison74

My friend just got a snazzy new email address and I fancied one too.

I went to fasthosts and registered a similar address to [EMAIL="alison@pinkbananaglue.com"]alison@pinkbananaglue.com[/EMAIL] (not the real address before anyone checks) and signed up for their 30 day free trial to see how it goes.

It's really fast, especially compared to 1and1 webmail which I use for work which is really slow.

Anyway, what is confusing me is that I don't own the domain www.pinkbananaglue.com so how can I use the email address ??

The domain name I am 'using' is not registered to anyone yet, but what happens if they do ?

Can someone explain to me in simple terms, or point me in the right direction to the right info please ?

Also, it's a 30 day free trial, not that I can find the 'opt out' section of their website for the life of me.

Thanks in advance

Chippy_Minton

alison74 wrote: »

Anyway, what is confusing me is that I don't own the domain www.pinkbananaglue.com so how can I use the email address ??

Emails to [EMAIL="me@pinkbanana.com"]me@pinkbananaglue.com[/EMAIL] are sent via a Fasthosts test domain

The domain name I am 'using' is not registered to anyone yet, but what happens if they do ?

You won't be able to use [EMAIL="me@pinkbanana.com"]me@pinkbananaglue.com[/EMAIL], so it's best to register it asap if you think you'll want to keep it after the 30 day trial.

See https://signup.fasthosts.co.uk/email/signup.exe and click Select for more information.

alison74

Thank as every Chippy for explaining it to me in terms that I understand