• kadu@lemmy.world
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    Eh, that’s the problem with email - it’s much harder to change and migrate, because you can’t guarantee others will use your new email, much less find out who somehow still has the old email to send messages to and expects a reply from.

    • stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      This is an argument for having your own domain for emails. There is an annual cost but at least your address isn’t locked to a specific provider sokcd you can change some DNS settings to point at a different mail server.

      • Wolf314159@startrek.website
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        It’s also an argument for not having your own domain for emails, because you may one day loose that domain too, and someone could poach the domain to impersonate you.

      • HowAbt2day@futurology.today
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        I’ve been with Tuta mail for years now and it just keeps getting better. It’s not free, but I believe that that’s why it’s a good choice. They’ve add the calendar app and are expanding to cloud storage.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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      Eh, that’s when you just turn on auto-reply/forwarding and abandon it.

      But of course they need to be able to access it to enable auto-reply. :)

      • Jason2357@lemmy.ca
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        This. Don’t ever delete the account because someone will scoop it up and impersonate you. Just set auto reply and log out. Check the terms, you may need to log in every 6 months though. Do that a couple of times at least.