Thane, Have you considered getting your own domain and running incoming MX on an old server? Spam filtering is a pain in the ass, but if you're worried about space and about security, you can control both by putting your own cheap server with disk space in play.
Frankly, if you setup a linux machine with a postfix and IMAP server, you can consolidate all of your email accounts into as many accounts as you wish on the linux machine. Use fetchmail to get all your POP3 mail accounts drawn into your linux mail server where you have complete control over it. Throw a webmail interface on it, serve it up as an IMAP server for your machines when you are remote and control backups on the server side. Doesn't even really require anything more than what you have currently, a free DYNDNS account and some electricity each month. You can setup encryption with IMAPS so you don't have to worry about security. I didn't even consider giving this option previously because I felt it was obvious (to me... I've been in the ISP business for 15+ years now) but it might be something you haven't thought about. Hell, you can go so far as to get yourself a domain for $10/month, route all email direct to your server through MX and cut off all providers. It's not that hard and doesn't take much to manage once it is setup. Christopher Fisk On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Thane Sherrington < [email protected]> wrote: > At 10:18 AM 18/02/2013, Vincent Winterling wrote: > >> I don't necessarily trust them more than anyone else with information of >> importance to me. For important stuff, I have saved it locally and in >> several places. >> > > I really don't trust Google with important email. They are processing > every word, which makes me nervous. It's fine for basic stuff, but I'd > rather a bit more privacy. > > T > >
