Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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I want some sort of hosting to get an e-mail address up and running.
I'd also like to be able to host my own stuff on there if I want/need to.
Willay, Ste L, Dom, help me out here?
(and anyone else who can  )
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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Just need a hosting package, personally i recommend Tsohost (can get a decent package for £15 a year). Then in your domain name admin panel there will be somewhere to enter DNS/Nameserver addresses (usually 2, eg: ns1.tsohost.co.uk / ns2.tsohost.co.uk etc) for your host.
Setup mailboxes is usually done with your hosts control panel and hosting files etc you just FTP file to your host (you'll get all of your login ftp details etc when you sign up to your hosting).
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Ok, so I've now bought the domain from UKReg, transfered it to tsohost.co.uk for the £14.99 a year package, will the rest be pretty straight forward?
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adiohead
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
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you don't need hosting to get an email address from a domain name.
just buy the domain name and you should be able to create addresses in the email/admin section. then you can forward them onto your current email service (eg. hotmail, yahoo, etc).
EDIT -- quote:
I'd also like to be able to host my own stuff on there if I want/need to.
didn't read that bit so ignore me. DOH! (it's early)
[Edited on 05-03-2010 by adiohead]
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MJFF88
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You've transfered the domain there? That wasn't really necessary. Have you bought a hosting package?
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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yeah you didn't really need to transfer it, just had stick their nameservers in your dns settings on ukregs admin panel.
But yes the rest is pretty straight forward, you have access via cPanel which is a piece of piss. Just click Email Accounts (near the top on tsohosts cPanel) if you want to create a mailbox. As for uploading files, you will get the FTP details with an email they'll send you. Then get an FTP client, something like FileZilla and make sure you stick everything in the 'public_html' directory/folder.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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I'm totally stuck now 
I bought it from 123reg, bought the hosting form tsohosts and transfered it to them but now it won't load 
What do I need to do.
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Dom
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Have you actually transfered the domain to tsohost or just entered tsohosts nameservers into the dns settings on your 123reg admin/control panel?
If it's the latter, then everything should be hunky dory and it's now just the case of uploading something to the public_html/www directory on your hosting. If it's the former, then from what i remember (it's been a while since i've transfered domains to other registrars) you'll receive a letter from nominet about the transfer (you should have a letter from them anyways about registering that domain name).
Might be worth firing them an email (they usually reply within an hours or so) or phoning the guys up at Tsohost and see what they say.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Bought the hosting with tsohost and opted to transfer it over, not done anything else.
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
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didnt need to transfer it, could of just set it up on 123reg's admin to point to the tsohosts server
did you only want it for email or website too?
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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Mainly e-mail but I'd like to be able to host stuff there too, bit like Willay does.
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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ahh was going to say if it was just email, 123reg have a email service on the back, which isnt dear...
you say you've transfered it already?
have you read this about transfering
http://support.zesthost.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=21&nav=0
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