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Re:20 years ago Gmail revolutionized email. It's time for a ... by beeboobaa3 on Monday April 15, 2024 @11:34AM (#40041945)
The only way to solve it is to own your own domain and to make sure that you always pay for it. The catch is that you have to do this from the start.

I'm hopeful that governments will eventually realize how impactful this is, and mandate email provides to implement forwarding services after an account is closed and they have verified your identity, possibly via government ID.

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Re:20 years ago Gmail revolutionized email. It's time for a ... by Beijinger on Monday April 15, 2024 @12:31PM (#40042718)
This is true. But let's face it. I don't know of any self hosted email that is as good as gmail. Maybe fastmail?
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Re:20 years ago Gmail revolutionized email. It's time for a ... by qingcharles on Monday April 15, 2024 @03:12PM (#40044538)
I've used Fastmail for about 20 years now. It is awesome. Gmail is just a backup for me.
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Re:20 years ago Gmail revolutionized email. It's time for a ... by beeboobaa3 on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @09:05AM (#40051394)
That's why I use gmail with my own domain. If they ever fuck me, I can point my MX records at a new provider. I do have to pay them for the privilege of using my own domain, but at least that way I'm not the product.
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