You have to get a NIP-05 identifier on a relay. I used the free relay https://nostrcheck.me for some time and can only recommend it.

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What do I do with them? What’s their purpose? And thanks I’ll use that link

From what I understand, you register a „user name“ on a relay. It serves as a kind of shorthand for your npub key. This will then make it easier for other people to find you here and to mention you in posts.

I can’t access them at all maybe they’ve expired as they are months old

I have these relays and I can’t access them. They’re just there

The relays provide you with the notes in your feed and when you post a note, it will be posted to these relays (if it‘s a paid relay, reading & posting is enabled only when you‘ve paid for access).

Here‘s a good introduction: https://habla.news/a/naddr1qqxnzd3cxqmrjvehxqenxv3nqyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgunpw35jucm0d5hszxmhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehhyctwvajhq6tvdshxgetk9uq3wamnwvaz7tmzd96xxmmfdejhytnnda3kjctv9uq3jamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wdamkuumrv9kx2tn0wfnj7qg6waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3exjcmg9ekxzmny9upzql6u9d8y3g8flm9x8frtz0xmsfyf7spq8xxkpgs8p2tge25p346aqvzqqqr4gux2x5sf

Ok I think I understand but why can’t I access them?

I‘m afraid I have no idea. When I look at mine, sometimes some are refreshing, but usually, there‘s a globe symbol (or bitcoin symbol for paid relays) next to them. I‘m still a novice on these things, though…

Btw, from what I understand, you don‘t have to access them in any special way. By having them on your list, your client will fetch all notes from them and by concatenating them create your feed. This is like your „personal selection“. In addition, there‘s the overall feed of all messages by all users, which can be accessed in the client via „universe“.