How I Fully Quit Google (And You Can, Too)

Re:How I Fully Quit Google (And You Can, Too) by krageon on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:24AM (#17513341)

The trouble isn't getting the domain and setting up the email server behind it, the issue is maintaining the email server. I am sufficiently distractible (and I'm sure I'm not alone) that it's very important that my peripheral software/devices do not bother me. With an email server (or any other kind of server really, but email is especially bad), you need to pay attention to it constantly to make sure it is up, you are not on any blacklists (which you will get on by default for the simple fact that you are a new host), etc.

You can of course set up all sorts of monitoring, but then you have to check that that is working. These concerns never really go away. You cannot truly let your email slip from your mind, because if it stops working ever you will miss emails (unless you use a relay, which is either external or also needs monitoring, etc) and that means that potentially things get closed that should not be closed, you miss things from the doctor/dentist, etc.

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Re:How I Fully Quit Google (And You Can, Too) by tincholio on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:31PM (#17519162)

But that would be the point of using an email host with your own domain, right? Be it Protonmail, Fastmail, or any other, you only need to provide the domain, and they provide the actual hosting.

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Re:How I Fully Quit Google (And You Can, Too) by jackskell on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:19PM (#17525367)

I just bought my .net domain name from namecheap and setup protonmail. It's been a year but I'm still surprised that people think it's cool to have an email like [email protected]. It's like I'm a big deal or something.

I like protonmail enough to buy their first tier email hosting, which gives this ability.

And, if I find a better email hosting service, or roll my own, my email doesn't change, of course.

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