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Do NOT use an uncommon TLD. I was using .lol recently and missed a job interview because the employer wasn't receiving any of my emails -- they kept getting rejected by their email servers! And I was only informed by Thunderbird weeks later when it was too late. Ever since then, I've just been using gmail for everything.
it depends on the kind of people you you are networking with, I suppose.
I have used .us forever and it's never caused a problem.
One of the biggest regrets I have is buying a .us domain
It is forbidden by law to obfuscate the domain holder on the Whois record, like you can with any other domain.
A decade after it expired, I finally stopped getting calls from web developers on the other side of the world trying to build me a site.
Using a .uk domain would probably solve your problem. I was looking for a cheap domain last year and for some reason .uk domains were the cheapest. (I bought it on Cloudflare for $4 per year). I also wanted to avoid some weird TLD that looks like a scam, and this one seems like it should appear reputable to people. I'm curious if anyone knows why this domain would be selling for a fraction of the price of weird TLDs…
My usual email domain is a .us, and very ocassionally, I have trouble with it and need to use a .org. I would never use my .fun or .pictures domains for email; I imagine there are lots of places still using ancient regexes for domain checking.
Ended up setting up Google Voice to immediately go to voicemail for all non-contacts and used a generic "this phone number is not in service" message with that ascending tone. No idea if that actually had an effect but the number of spam calls plummeted after about a month of that and is basically back to normal now.
I'm still steering clear of .us after that experience...
It's fine. Moreso than the hypothetical social-stigma aspect, read up a bit into the ownership and management policies of the TLD before committing. Make sure you have a basic understanding of the expectations and requirements (both on you and them) and are fine with them. ICANNWiki is a good start. E.g. https://icannwiki.org/.party > but don't want to pay an enormous amount for a .com. what, where? .com is on the ch…
I use Office365 to host email, and have had no issues whatever with delivery.