It's probably worth using your own domain even when using third party email providers, so you are in control of your email address.
Re:Mozilla VPN
by stormdennis on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:12AM
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That's a good point. I don't suppose there a way of leaving Gmail and bringing your @gmail.com address with you, is there. That was one of the changes that was forced on phone companies years ago to make it easier to move provider.
Re:Mozilla VPN
by kybernetikos on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:54PM
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No, but Google will happily run your gmail address forwarding to your real address. I've been on fastmail for many years now, but I still get the occasional gmail addressed email in my fastmail inbox.
I also use a lot of the other fastmail features, like mail aliases, DNS, and file storage and web site serving. I'm very happy to pay the money.
No, and there is no way to do that since domains are controlled by mx records, not email addresses.
Re:Mozilla VPN
by thesausageking on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:01AM
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Buy your own domain for your email and set it up with Fastmail. You should trust anyone, even if they say they'll always forward.
> You should trust anyone
While I would like to be able to, I suspect this is a typo...? :-)
FastMail do recycle addresses, which I don't like, but Hey will start to run out of addresses over the years unless they do something.
The better option is to register your own domain for $10 a year, something hey doesn't seem to support?
This contrasts with Hey which will forward your old hey.com address to another address after you stop paying, and not make it available to future customers.