Your Own @blairgowrie-folk.com E-mail Address

The Offer

We are offering, on subscription, exclusive @blairgowrie-folk.com e-mail addresses to members who might want one. An @blairgowrie-folk.com e-mail address provides a stamp of originality and sense of identity that is often denied one by the larger Internet provider. Let's face it, john@blairgowrie-folk.com is immediately more memorable than jsmith81203@aol.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I Use It With My Current Internet Provider?

You can use a @blairgowrie-folk.com email address with any Internet provider using all the email software programmes, like Outlook Express. You can use it perfectly well alongside your existing email address. It is very easy to set up and only takes a second or two.

I Am An AOL User. It Wi'nae' Work Wi' AOL, Will It?

Good News! Although AOL cocoons its users in added security and conformity at the price of flexibility and functionality, AOL users can use all the features offered by a myname@blairgowrie-folk.com email address. All that is required is a separate email client such as Outlook Express to permit sending and receiving email via the Blair folk servers. It's easy to set up and we give full instructions.

Why Is It No Free Like Everything Else on Blair Folk?

It is the one service that blairgowrie-folk.com does not provide free of charge. We use the income to defray the cost of registering and maintaining the blairgowrie-folk.com domain name and of having the web site hosted. Blair Folk has no other source of income.

Is It Compulsory To Have A @blairgowrie-folk.com Address To Be A Member Of Blair Folk?

No, but for a couple pounds a year you can help defray the cost and ensure that Blair Folk continues as a service for people from Blairgowrie and the area, wherever they might be in the World and whatever their circumstances. In return you get your own @blairgowrie-folk.com email address.

Is It No A Bit Amateurish, Bein' Fae Blair?

The servers (network computers) that host blairgowrie-folk.com are located in San Diego in California. This includes the e-mail servers that handle @blairgowrie-folk.com e-mail. Connection to the backbone of the Internet is provided by Level 3, a leading communications company. See their site at www.level3.com. They have an international fiber optic communications network connecting Europe, Asia, and the United Sates. Level 3 operates the first global 10 Gbps (OC-192) seamless, redundant IP backbone. An @blairgowrie-folk.com e-mail address is bang up to date and is set in the mainstream of the Internet.

How Much Does It Cost Anyway?

US $8 per year per name. [About GB £5.60]

How To Subscribe.

Click here to learn how to subscribe.

How Long Will It Take My Email To Reach Me?

Easy!

  1. Click on "Start" on your bottom task bar. Select "Run"
  2. Type in "cmd" and hit the enter key.
  3. Type in ping mail.blairgowrie-folk.com
    at the command prompt in the window that opens.
  4. Hit the enter key and see how long it takes the "ping" to reach the blairfolk server and be returned/

This will indicate the time that it takes the packets to reach your computer from the server. It will vary from day to day and time to time, but it's fast!

[The exercise described above is not injurious to your health nor that of your computer. Children may safely undertake it too.]