Well, it seems the only way to get around that is to run your own mail
server -- and the overwhelming, colossal majority of people trust 3rd
parties to manage mail services for them.
Regardless, this seems to support my point: if you're using your own domain,
mapped to Google, and later decide you don't like Google, then it's easy
enough to switch the MX records to some other server -- without also having
to change your address.
(Per pervious posts, you can POP Google, so it's also easy to retain local
copies. Regarding "they can get hacked" -- so can any other server, and I'm
generally more inclined to trust Google's defenses.)
-Scott
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From: "Lee Stewart" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:42 PM
To: "thinkpad" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] [OT] Re: New Email address
Of course that implies that you trust Google (or other web mail
providers). And of course Google would never look at your email
contents -- oh wait, they already do that to select the ads... And that
if you save an email there it's ok if it's lost. And of course they
sometimes get hacked, and that not only exposes your existing mail, but
saved mail, and address books, etc....
I like many of Google's functions, but I don't trust them...
Lee
On 2/22/2010 9:24 AM, Scott Matthews authored this:
Yes -- at least with Google service, you can keep your domain, have the
option of using a Web interface if you want/need to, and also use your
preferred email POP client.
On 2/21/2010 11:06 PM, Aryeh Goretsky (home) wrote:
Hello,
You might want to consider a free web-based email address, such as
GMX, Google, Hotmail, Yahoo and so forth. Gmail and Hotmail (and
probably the others) now allow you to download your messages using
SSL-encrypted POP3/SMTP so you're no longer limited to being online
with a web browser for access to your email.
Aryeh addresses (as it were) the reason why I still pay 20
bucks a month for the ISP I've been with since, like,
1988. I can't stand web mail (although I have a backup Gmail acct.). I
dislike having to Save a message (or, worse,
copy it to clipboard) if I want to jump away from a composition pane. I
also just don't like the look and feel of web
mail New Message and Reply windows. Is that worth $240/year? Good
question, and maybe not. Although my
ISP has also always provided great tech support. And it started out in
Bethlehem, PA when I moved there. I remember
visiting the office and talking to the owner, and seeing literally a
rack of individual modems blinking against the wall.
Not that I know what "SSL-encrypted POP3/SMTP" means. Does it mean I
can use Thunderbird in a Gmail
context? Thanks.
Ellis
It can require a bit of effort to change contact information for
listservs, web sites, notifying contacts and so forth, but after
having to do that several times after my local cable ISP went
through ownership changes, I switched over to a GMail account and
now it doesn't really matter who my ISP is or where I access my
email from.
In the 5-6 years since I've made the change, I have encountered
two organizations which had problems with my having a web-mail
address. One of was a hobby web site (no big deal, there are
plenty of these). The other was a software company who had some
sort of oddball payment processor, which I got around by calling
their sales department and placing an order that old-fashioned
way.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
At 10:24 PM 2/21/2010, [email protected] wrote:
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Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:38:46 -0500
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] New Email address
To: "Anthony R. Gold" <[email protected]>, "Thinkpad
Mailing
List" <[email protected]>
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Because I have never had to pay extra for this one. It exists. I never
wanted to change my old address, that's why I kept paying the b*stards
$16.00 a month, just to keep that address. Which I no longer can do.
So be
it.
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