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[Del Boy]

Get an e-mail address which is for example Del@companyname.co.uk, do you have to have your own website?

[KW]

First off you need to register the domain you want (assuming it isn't already taken).
Once you have that, you need a mail server (any decent hosting company will give you that with a web hosting package).

[Lazydocker]

AAs KW says... Buy the domain name. You can use Google Apps for a mail server though, which is what I do

[Del Boy]

AAs KW says... Buy the domain name. You can use Google Apps for a mail server though, which is what I do

Erm, how do I do that 

[Del Boy]

And is it free?

[bluehawk]

depends on what you want you will need a domain name as you say you can buy that then it depends on wht you want, i Use 1and1 hosting for mine

[Lazydocker]

AAs KW says... Buy the domain name. You can use Google Apps for a mail server though, which is what I do

Erm, how do I do that 

Get my Brother in Law to do it

IIRCC it's pretty easy actually. You can also get google to collect your other mail via POP and use the google spam filter

And yes, it's free (or it was)

Oh... And I used Register1 for the domain name

[Del Boy]

Thanks, will look into it 

[KW]

AAs KW says... Buy the domain name. You can use Google Apps for a mail server though, which is what I do

Google Apps provides a proper SMTP server?

[BigAl]

AAs KW says... Buy the domain name. You can use Google Apps for a mail server though, which is what I do

Google Apps provides a proper SMTP server?

yeah, just moved my domain across yesterday(family use only) works nicely

[TheBoy]

.co.uk domain registration tends to be about £3 (+VAT) per year, bought in 2yr blocks.

That just gives you the domain name, not any means to use it.

If you want a website on it, you need to organise a webhosting package (suitable ones do tend to have a cost, usually starting around £3 per month, which often includes email, and free domain registration).

If you want just email, you need to organise an email account. As said, Google provide a free one which works well enough, as long as you have no issues with Google rumaging through your emails

[Lazydocker]

.co.uk domain registration tends to be about £3 (+VAT) per year, bought in 2yr blocks.

That just gives you the domain name, not any means to use it.

If you want a website on it, you need to organise a webhosting package (suitable ones do tend to have a cost, usually starting around £3 per month, which often includes email, and free domain registration).

If you want just email, you need to organise an email account. As said, Google provide a free one which works well enough, as long as you have no issues with Google rumaging through your emails

They do a good job of filtering spam though... They can keep all the penis enlargement and viagra emails which are invariably sent