Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc?

Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by joshmn on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:24PM (#14727247)

You have to realize that the general public doesn't always understand that the internet isn't always .com.

My email is josh@josh[dot]micronesia. When someone — such as a banker, or "everyday" person — asks for my email address, I overwhelmingly hear, "josh at josh dot m n at... what? gmail dot com? yahoo dot com?"

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by Sephr on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:56PM (#14727384)

The repetition probably confused them, and it also doesn't look that nice. If you use something like me@josh[dot]micronesia I'm sure you would be met with much less confusion.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by jetpks on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:32PM (#14727284)

I get this too with my `.systems` tld. It's really not that much of a problem when I'm telling someone my email address out loud.

What I have problems with are old html/js forms not accepting it for one reason or another.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by blibble on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:48PM (#14727349)

what do you think the odds are of the company running .systems being around in 10 years?

50%?

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by jetpks on Sunday July 09, 2017 @10:46AM (#14729947)

It's just not that hard to run a registrar. Even if the current one bites the dust, someone will pick it up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Gmail that are new, cool, etc? by sterex on Saturday July 08, 2017 @05:28PM (#14727271)

If it's very hard, you write or message it to them.

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