Re: Permanent email address?
On Sun 15 May 2022 at 12:59:55 -0400, paulf@quillandmouse.com wrote:
> On Sun, 15 May 2022 10:08:57 -0400
> rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I would like to have an email address that will be permanent, in
> > that, for example, I can move it from provider to provider as I
> > desire or need (if, for example, a provider goes out of business).
> > (And that gets my email out of google's control / reach.)
>
> Decades ago, when my wife and I set up our own company, we decided it
> would be unprofessional to have email addresses like paulf@juno.com and
> nancyf@compuserve.com. So we secured a domain for the business and made
> our own email addresses under that domain. We've used those as our
> principle email addresses ever since. I've moved that domain to
> different registrars and hosting companies several times since. Costs
> are the initial setup (originally $35.00) and yearly domain
> re-registration (about $15).
As others have said, that's the basic way for the OP to go.
> I have a gmail account as well, and I use either fetchmail or
> Claws-Mail to pick up my gmail messages. Unfortunately, some of my
> other accounts (like Youtube) rely on that email address. Can't move
> it, can't remove it. Strategically, Google = Microsoft = Adobe = Apple.
> Same crap, different brand.
Keep the gmail address and just forward from there to an address
ypu control.
--
Brian.
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