mail.com
- Status
- Taken
- Registered
- 1997
- Registrar
- World4You Internet Services GmbH
- Appraisal
- Premium 99
- Free handles
- 1 of 8
Report built 2026-10-11 20:06 UTC. Registry, DNS and handle answers are as of that moment.
Score
mail.com scores 96.6 out of 100, a strong result for a .com.
It earns most on real-word bonus (15 of 15 points) and least on word demand (26.6 of 45). A common english word.
Appraisal
mail.com is rated Premium, 99 out of 100 (86 or more: short, meaningful and easy to say). The rating shows how strong the name is as a name; it is not a price.
In its favour: 4 characters; one real word (rater score 96.6).
Screening
We looked for rude readings of mail.com in word lists for 20 languages, whole and across the join between words, and found none. A clear result is a good sign, not a guarantee.
Availability
mail.com is registered. It is in our .com zone snapshot, so it cannot be registered by anyone else unless the owner lets it expire or sells it.
Registration
- Registrar
- World4You Internet Services GmbH
- Registered
- 1997-03-24
- Expires
- 2027-03-25
- Transfer lock
- On
- DNS
- ui-dns.com, ui-dns.biz, ui-dns.org
- DNSSEC
- Off
mail.com is registered through World4You Internet Services GmbH and dates from 24 March 1997 (29 years ago).
It is paid until 25 March 2027 (about 5 months left).
The registry transfer lock is on, which blocks an unauthorised move to another registrar.
DNS is run by ui-dns.com and ui-dns.biz (4 nameservers); DNSSEC signing is off.
It has mail servers (mx01.mail.com and mx00.mail.com) and a DMARC policy of “quarantine”.
Social handles
1 of the 8 handles we checked for “mail” look free, among them Bluesky.
Already in use on GitHub, npm package, PyPI package, crates.io and RubyGems.
A handle that looks free can still be reserved or banned by the network, so check it there before you plan around it.
Name in context
At 4 characters mail.com is shorter than 99% of registered .com names (the median is 12).
Lookalikes
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Hosting
DNS hosted at ui-dns.biz, ui-dns.com, ui-dns.de.
Health
Registrar: World4You Internet Services GmbH, expires 2027-03-25.
History
The Internet Archive holds 221,261 captures of mail.com, from 1996 to 2026, in 31 different years.
In 1996 the home page was titled “Welcome to MAIL.COM”.
In 2020 the home page was titled “Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com” and reads as news and magazines. Its description said: “Email how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up…”.
In 2026 the home page was titled “Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com”. Its description said: “Email how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up…”.
Overall the history looks clean (score 100 of 100, confidence good). The archive does not hold every site and a clean result means nothing was found, not that nothing happened.
We found no red flags in what we could read. That is a good sign, not a guarantee.
Findings
- 31 years of archive history Good sign A long history with no red flags found.
Archive timeline
221261 captures between 1996-12-28 and 2026-10-10.
- 1996
1 - 1997
6 - 1998
4 - 1999
41 - 2000
259 - 2001
250 - 2002
63 - 2003
57 - 2004
362 - 2005
1263 - 2006
444 - 2007
367 - 2008
519 - 2009
215 - 2010
504 - 2011
322 - 2012
644 - 2013
9388 - 2014
11054 - 2015
5599 - 2016
9063 - 2017
13591 - 2018
13741 - 2019
20525 - 2020
22229 - 2021
27023 - 2022
27218 - 2023
26811 - 2024
22255 - 2025
4018 - 2026
3425
What the archive shows
- 1996-12-28Welcome to MAIL.COMOpen this capture in the archive
- 2020-11-14 news and magazinesFree email accounts | Register today at mail.comEmail how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up today!Open this capture in the archive
- 2026-10-10Free email accounts | Register today at mail.comEmail how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up today!Open this capture in the archive
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- /.ru
- /.yahoo.com/
- /1253558-devils-erupt-4-1-win-flyers-tie-series.html
- /1255398-canadiens-hire-marc-bergevin-general-manager.html
- /1256754-rangers-edge-capitals-2-1-3-ots.html
- /1305nino
- /19375
- /1and1diy/a
- /1and1diy/b
- /1and1diy/c
- /1and1mywebsite/
- /404/
Today
- Registered now: unknown.
- Spamhaus DBL Not listed
- SURBL Not listed
- URIBL Not listed
What this audit cannot tell you
- The Internet Archive does not hold every site, and it honours removal requests.
- We read at most three captures of the home page, so the topic is a rough label.
- A clean result means nothing was found, not that nothing happened.
- We cannot see who links to the domain; that needs a paid backlink index.
Questions about mail.com
Is mail.com available to register?
mail.com is registered. It is in our .com zone snapshot, so it cannot be registered by anyone else unless the owner lets it expire or sells it.
When was mail.com registered, and who is the registrar?
mail.com is registered through World4You Internet Services GmbH and dates from 24 March 1997 (29 years ago).
When does mail.com expire?
It is paid until 25 March 2027 (about 5 months left).
Is mail.com a good domain name?
mail.com is rated Premium, 99 out of 100 (86 or more: short, meaningful and easy to say). The rating shows how strong the name is as a name; it is not a price.
Are the social media handles for “mail” available?
1 of the 8 handles we checked for “mail” look free, among them Bluesky.
What was mail.com used for in the past?
The Internet Archive holds 221,261 captures of mail.com, from 1996 to 2026, in 31 different years. In 1996 the home page was titled “Welcome to MAIL.COM”. In 2020 the home page was titled “Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com” and reads as news and magazines. Its description said: “Email how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up…”.
Is mail.com on a spam blocklist?
No. It was not listed on Spamhaus DBL, SURBL and URIBL when we checked.
Each card comes from one of the site’s tools and carries the same limits: a name missing from our .com zone snapshot is not always free, the score and appraisal are our heuristics and not a valuation, and a clear screening is a good sign, not a guarantee. A report is a snapshot with its date; always confirm with your registrar before you buy, and check that a name does not infringe a trademark.