AMP for email is a terrible idea

Re:AMP for email is a terrible idea by taeric on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @11:01AM (#16376728)

For me, I confess paying for it has the risk of it being held hostage if I miss payments. Worse, my data can turn into leverage for increases price.

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Re:AMP for email is a terrible idea by josteink on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @11:05AM (#16376764)

Which is why you should always choose a service which offers full access via standards-based protocols so that you always have the option of owning your own data.

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Re:AMP for email is a terrible idea by amdavidson on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @12:08PM (#16377296)

And why I regularly download backups of my email from Fastmail.

The only concern I have with them raising prices or disappearing entirely is the service interruption of moving my DNS to some other email provider.

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Re:AMP for email is a terrible idea by taeric on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @12:27PM (#16377465)

I'm assuming bitrot of your backups is also a concern. Or do you have a suggestion on automating integrity checks of your data?

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Re:AMP for email is a terrible idea by taeric on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @11:44AM (#16377094)

Completely agreed. You should also not turn yourself into a hoarder of data just because you can. :)

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