Hey Ron

You should think about getting a google mail/ gmail.

Super nice, easy to organize, and unlimited space for sending photos.

Second that Ron, GMAIL will make things easier for you... works great with CHROME... good move.

I went to gmail 10 years ago and cant imagine ever going back. The search functionality alone is great!

Lets say you have a pf you have been working on an can't remember whom it is for off the top of your head. Just search the right keyword and there you go, a full list of all the emails you sent/recieved with that word.

You can set up catergories/folder and easily classify emails into groups; potential jobs, pf received, pf shipped. Whatever works for your system.
Then the goal is just to stick to your system and it makes life suprer easy.

I'll third gmail. Very easy to use.

Not only is gmail great and convenient for all the reasons people have listed above, but if you ever switch Internet providers (away from Comcast), you don't have to send out another message to everyone explaining that your email address is changing. So another +1 for gmail.

Another nice trick with gmail is to add +spam to your email address occasionally when you use your email for something where you may not want a response. (You can use any text you wish, +xyz, etc)

[email protected]

Then set up an automatic filter in gmail to push those messages into a "folder" so you won't see them.

So say you sign a petition for political cause XYZ, and you want to use your real email, but you don't want to read anything from them in the future. Just add "+spam" on the end of your email address. Now, when they copy your email to a list and try to send something to you, you'll never see it.

-mof

It's a good thing Google doesn't parse every single word of every e-mail that passes through gmail and use that data for their own data mining purposes, eh?

hmmm... I'll take it

I would sugest something like "[email protected]"

or something simple and easy that will also come up in searches when people are looking for you. You are know well by your name so might as well go with it.

If ronkruzman is not availabel then try simple variations, ronkruzman1, ronkruzmanpinball, ronkruzmanplayfields. You get the idea

No shit. I'm going to be a detractor and say that I'm not a big fan. Love Google, hate their mail.

And speaking of which, my wife and I binge-watched Stranger Things over three nights last week on Netflix. Next thing, we're BOTH getting ads and alerts about the show via email and on social media. Somebody explain THAT to me. That's just too creepy, man.

I would suggest [email protected].

That's the search term I use when I'm looking for Ron.

That's just where we are now, it's not just gmail. You can't even steal a package off of somebody's porch these days without getting recorded...by the doorbell!

First reply in your dimple post may be a clue...

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/nos-playfield-drill-and-dimple-service

[email protected]

Good to see you getting into the electronic age as I know we spoke (email) about this, seems like, 5 years ago! !

Get gmail already u (see pic)

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Ok so I was all excited that you'd be announcing your current playfield listing or something - and this entire thread is about you getting a Gmail account! LOL

Just get it already - I'm a huge fan too.

Keep your aol email address -- it is a collectors item; worth $10k by christmas. I bet yours is HUO and always kept in a climate controlled environment, too.

Now if only I could find where I put my earthlink email address . . .

Ron, consider grabbing the kruzman.com domain name.... it's available for $2.99 a year from godaddy.com . That would allow you to have [email protected], or [email protected], or [email protected] forever so long as you keep the domain registration. You just need a cheap starter web account from 1and1.com or the like which gives you more email capability than you will ever need for next to nothing. Not to mention a web presence at kruzman.com. You automatically get all the sub-domains as well, like pinball.kruzman.com, etc.

If you have the domain, you have as many email addresses as you want. If you need one for cause xyz, give them "[email protected]" and have that routed to your real address. If they leak it or sell the address to spammers, you know who did it and can kill off just that address.

Why be dependent on gmail and have all your mail searched by Google?

Mac

I use Yahoo mail myself. I've done so since 2000. It works. No complaints really.

I guess I will wait till tomorrow to send the email.

NOS or CPR? I dropped mine off with you at PaTZ. Also the mini-boat. EDIT: oops, not me I see now you said its a proto.

i've used hotmail for the past 20 years. Works pretty good for me.

+1 for own domain name. I have my own domain name and changed the MX records to have gmail handle the email to that domain (sorry Mac! )

Yes, free.

Free as well, however, I've always found Microsoft's webmail interface kind of clunky.

While you're at it, you can create a public google document with all your playfields for sale/wanted. You'll only have to update one place and post a link.

omg. worse advice ever.
Stay away from 1and1.com ( source )

Hotmail is ok. I use it for "junk" or sites that don't deserve my real address. My beef with Hotmail is there was some claims by Microshaft that they were going to discontinue the Windows (7) Live email client in favor of a more secure environment. When they do that; I'm gone... and will be using Gmail which still supports Pop and IMAP email client.

1and1, GoDaddy, Network Solutions. Avoid these, it's like getting dragged down into the pits of hell. There are plenty of other places to get domain names or to host websites.

I use Dynadot for domain names and A Small Orange for cheap hosting of my personal website.

I have both Hotmail and Gmail, they are both good. I prefer Hotmail myself, but it is a personal preference really.

Use www.mydomainyard.com Cheapest place to register a website and setup self hosting/email service. They re-sell GoDaddy.com so it's a really good site.

No, so far we have just been talking about getting your domain name locked in (like www.kruzman.com) and getting a place to host a website (this is like renting some space on an internet server that will host and deliver your web pages).

Building a website is another whole thing. The bottom line is - you can probably get some sort of website for $400, but it will be very basic and be based on a template. Updating a website for non-programmers can be made so it isn't too hard to do for a non-computer type person, again typically using a template.

There are many different ways to build a website. It can be done for anywhere between $0 (you write it all yourself) to thousands of $$ (of even more for big corporate websites - they spend millions). A lot of it depends on the scale of the website too. Your website as you propose wouldn't be too big as far as the number of pages, so it should be fairly easy to do.

As an example, the total cost for my website is $10/year for the domain name (xsvtoys.net) and $35/year for the hosting. There are no other costs for creating the web pages themselves because I just make them myself.

Your business setup sounds great. I hope you can find the right people to expand.

One easy way to get your website done by someone that cares about your business ALREADY, is email your customers "who can do web sites?" Trade your top notch PF work for a new web site. Pick someone local to you if possible so you can talk over lunch new ideas in person for what you'd like (but local is more of a nice-to-have).
-mof

Wish I lived closer, I would enjoy giving it a shot.

Ok Ron - so I reserved Kruzman.com for a year for you.

Let me know when you want it and I'll transfer it to you.

Mike

Come on Ron you don't need a partner or apprentice, you need a sexretary! Yeah buddy, time to go to Gmail.... So happy you are getting rid of the AOL and hopefully Comcast.

Ron, I'd be open to discussing an option like this with you. I'm not local but I can definitely help you out and could use your services myself. I have a Superman NOS playfield I need cleared and possibly a Spiderman playfield that I'd like to get touched up and cleared. I've bought Atari parts from you about a year or two ago. I own a small web and graphic design company and have built hundreds of websites for all types of businesses. Shoot me a private message or email if you are interested and want to discuss. Thanks