When you purchase e-mail hosting from Twisted Bits Internet Services, your
default e-mail address would be something like you@twistedbits.net (or you@dakota-truck.net if you are a DML member interested in a
DML address). However, you also have the option of a "sub-domain" address
which would look something like you@yourdomain.twistedbits.net
(or you@yourdomain.dakota-truck.net for DML members).
Alternatively, if you have your own domain, your address can be in the form
you@yourdomain.com.
As it pertains to web hosting:
When you purchase web hosting from Twisted Bits Internet Services, your default URL would
be something like http://www.twistedbits.net/~you (or
http://www.dakota-truck.net/~you if you are a DML member
interested in a DML URL). However, you also have the option of a "sub-domain"
URL which would look something like http://you.twistedbits.net
(or http://you.dakota-truck.net for DML members). Alternatively,
if you have your own domain, your URL can be in the form
http://www.yourdomain.com or just http://yourdomain.com.
The default type of e-mail address and web URL is included in the Bronze through
Platinum e-mail and web hosting plans.
If you would like to have a "sub-domain" e-mail address/URL at twistedbits.net
or dakota-truck.net or an address/URL at your own domain, there is an additional
$1/month (or $10/year) charge.
Having your own domain
or a sub-domain not only allows you to have more than one pop3 mailbox, but it
allows you to have unlimited e-mail aliases and forwarders.
Additionally, it makes it appear as if you've got your own server, giving
web surfers an easier URL to remember, establishing a unique identity, and
adding another level of professionalism. Also, by having your own sub-domain
or full domain, you and only you control the addresses at that domain, so
there is no chance that an e-mail address or URL you would like to use is
already taken by another user.
Sub-domains will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. (Obviously
if two people want a sub-domain with the same name, only one of them can
have it...)