Re:Google introduces mandatory 2-Step Verification for Googl...
by BeetleB on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @12:09PM
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Chiming in with what everyone is saying:
1. Have your own domain name.
2. Use a small-ish mail provider that supports IMAP, etc.
3. Store all your emails/folders on a device (laptop, whatever). This way if the provider locks you out or goes under, it's easy to switch to another.
Has worked since what, the 80's? Personally been doing this since before Gmail existed. Ironically I chose this route precisely because the major providers (Yahoo, etc) were too unreliable for me - I had lost accounts multiple times because some of the (then) top mail providers decided to get out of the mail business and/or regressed their featureset so much that it hurt.
Of all the Internet services, this is the easiest one for someone to own.
1. Have your own domain name.
2. Use a small-ish mail provider that supports IMAP, etc.
3. Store all your emails/folders on a device (laptop, whatever). This way if the provider locks you out or goes under, it's easy to switch to another.
Has worked since what, the 80's? Personally been doing this since before Gmail existed. Ironically I chose this route precisely because the major providers (Yahoo, etc) were too unreliable for me - I had lost accounts multiple times because some of the (then) top mail providers decided to get out of the mail business and/or regressed their featureset so much that it hurt.
Of all the Internet services, this is the easiest one for someone to own.