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I'm curious what the best practices are with regards to email addresses for your registrant contact and registrar accounts.
Let's say my name is John Doe, and I use [email protected] as my primary email address.
If someone were able to get access to the domain name (e.g. through social engineering my registrar) they could change the MX records such that I would not be notified of any transfers, etc.
Similarly, if I've enabled Registry Lock and I mess up my DNS records. I might be unable to verify my identity as I'd be unable to receive any emails related to that verification.
So it seems to me I'd be better of using a generic email provider like Gmail and just use [email protected] for my registrar account (e.g. Namecheap) and registrant details (details of the domain name owner).
Is that a fair assesment? I'm curious to hear how others approach it and whether it would make sense to e.g. use different emails for the different types of domain contacts (registrant, technical, etc).
Let's say my name is John Doe, and I use [email protected] as my primary email address.
If someone were able to get access to the domain name (e.g. through social engineering my registrar) they could change the MX records such that I would not be notified of any transfers, etc.
Similarly, if I've enabled Registry Lock and I mess up my DNS records. I might be unable to verify my identity as I'd be unable to receive any emails related to that verification.
So it seems to me I'd be better of using a generic email provider like Gmail and just use [email protected] for my registrar account (e.g. Namecheap) and registrant details (details of the domain name owner).
Is that a fair assesment? I'm curious to hear how others approach it and whether it would make sense to e.g. use different emails for the different types of domain contacts (registrant, technical, etc).