: Domain owner email address on primary email domain I own a number of domains. One of these domains I use for my primary email address. Is it stupid to use that primary email address as the

@Eichhorn148

If a hacker can access the mailbox for the email address in your whois records, then the hacker can steal you domain name. It is a good idea to use an email account with a unique password and good security.

If your account at your registrar is hacked and your domain is transfered without your authorization, having access to the email address in whois becomes very important. That is why it is a good idea to use an email address from a domain other than the ones in your registrar account. When your domain name is hacked, you still want your registrar to be able to email you.

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@Becky754

Absolutly DO NOT(!) post your personal e-mail address as the contact e-mail for your website. You can should another e-mail address that is completely separate from your personal e-mail address. In fact, do not download it into your personal e-mail folder either. I suggest finding a web based e-mail client you can use that by default, shows the text version of all e-mails and optionally allows for HTML through a link. As well, make sure you are running something like SpamAssassin which will give fair warnings of all e-mails. Generally speaking, these e-mails will be spam and phishing/hacker attempts and of no value. Stay safe.

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