1. Ownerships
of Domain name, Web site, and Mailing lists
First of all, there are no direct relationships among a) Domain
name owner, b) Web site owner, and c) Mailing list owner.
E.g.: Bob owns “taagwc.com”
domain name, John owns web site http://taagwc.com,
and Alice owns taagwc@google.com
mailing list.
Since Bob owns “taagwc.com” domain name, Bob has
the control to choose or change web hosting company. If Bob changes
the web hosting information, John’s web pages on
http://taagwc.com will no longer be
available. The link will point to a new web server that Bob chose instead. So
John has to work with Bob to establish a legitimate web site unless John
decides to use a different domain name.
On the other hand taagwc@google.com mailing list is
actually owned by google.com and NOT associated
with TAA-GWC. Alice does not require
Bob nor John’s help, even though the mailing list has the name “TAAGWC” in
front of “google.com”. This is because “TAAGWC” is not a
domain name. However, if Alice
wants to establish a mailing list with taagwc.com domain name like
news@taagwc.com, she must cooperate
with Bob and John, since Bob owns the domain name, and John owns web server for
creating mailing lists. The string (TAAGWC) in front of @ sign is nothing
but an alias like your personal address book. The key is the domain name (taagwc.com)
after @ sign.
See this
decade-long legal battle of
a famous
domain name dispute involved wth
forged letters.
2. How to establish a Web Site
a)
Select and register a domain name
o
To establish
a web site with a name that you want, you need to have a domain name first.
Domain name has no direct relationship with a registered trademark since an
organization may have a trademark but does not have a domain name. If a person registers a domain name first,
the person owns that domain name as long as he/she wants, even though he/she
may not own the trademark.
E.g.: Bob
registered “taagwc.com” domain name. John owns “TAAGWC Company” trademark
but has never bother to register “taagwc.com” domain name. As a result, John will have to
purchase domain name “taagwc.com” from Bob who may not even have a web site.
b)
Things to consider when choosing a web server
hosting company
o Features
§
Hosting space, and site bandwidth
§
Pop/Imp email accounts, mailing list, etc.
o Reliability
§
24x7 support and web server stability rating
o Cost
§
The average low cost server charges about
$5/month. Some features may require monthly surcharge. (E.g. mailing list).
a)
Select and register a mailing list with a portal site like: google.com
o
Pros: It
is free and you don’t have to worry about disk space issue.
o Cons: This type of mailing list must use
portal site’s domain name
(e.g. taagwc@google.com)
b) Choose a good web hosting company
that offers free mailing list with your domain name
o
Pros:
You have better control and the freedom to create as many mailing lists as you
want with your domain name such as news@tacec.org,
and official@wdcts.org.
o
Cons:
You need to babysit the mailing lists to fend off mail spam/phishing sent by
those outrageous people. To do so, you have to spend time to monitor and learn
all the technical details to overcome the challenge.
See this page for
details.
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