I agree with not using my ISP for my main e-mail address. Instead, I go
with a company called Mail.com. They will give you a free web-based
e-mail, and for a small fee ($19.95/year) they will forward the mail to
wherever you want ... I normally send everything to my ISP e-mail, but
if I go on vacation I might leave the mail on mail.com, or send it some
place universally accessible like yahoo. The nice thing about mail.com
is that they have grabbed a bunch of domains so you can pick something
you like. I also have several Google mail addresses I use for special
purposes, but I have discovered that I can also forward those to my ISP.
I much prefer a POP mail account over webmail ... I like things on my
machine where I can control them, I do not like the idea of web-based or
"cloud" computing. (Can you say "par-a-noid"?). I seriously doubt I will
ever consider using this Chrome OS.
Jim Hartley
Chris Knadle wrote:
On Friday 10 July 2009, Sean Dague wrote:
Chris Knadle wrote:]
Most would rather avoid the hassle -- Gmail is an easier option,
and so then we try to forget about the hidden costs and potential
risks. I don't blame you or anybody else for that -- but when you
imply I'm crazy for NOT using it, don't be surprised when I ask
"Oh, really? Sure about that?" ;-)
Sorry, my intent wasn't to say "you are foolish for not Chris", as
I don't let me personal email flow through google either. It's
just that the tide has already gone there, so it's hard to tell
people "don't do it"... because most of them already have.
Well, I'm not trying to stem the tide (that I agree that would be
about as pointless as saying "Don't use Windows"), nor am I trying to
say that it's a poor choice -- I was mainly trying to explain that it
merits consideration. Nor is this decision a one-time thing either,
because you can transition from one account to another given enough
time and informing everyone that had sent mail to the prior account.
Another thing I always try to avoid now is using my local ISP as my
main email account -- because long ago in the days of dialup I did
that, and then when I switched ISPs, I lost my email account. As such
think email should be independent of the ISP, which is another point
in favor of Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or hosting it yourself. This
likewise goes for using a work email account for personal use too (not
to mention the privacy and conflict-of-interest issues with this),
because if you get laid off, that email account is gone too.
You get the idea. Needs serious consideration. That's all I was
trying to bestow.
-- Chris
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