Although I am baffled whenever I hear "lifetime" on any service. I do believe it is possible. sdf and other public shells offer email and go strong for years. Just don't offer unlimited bandwidth or memory.
Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
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#142who's life exactly we are talking about?
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#143No matter what you use for hosting, make sure your email address is on a domain name you own.
What happens when your registrar shuts you off?
You change registrar. The domain name is yours AFAIK.
But in any case, Google shutting you off is much more likely than your registrar doing so.
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I wouldn't say companies like this come and go How about this then: Free services come and go? Most recent example: Google Photos. Google isn't going anywhere, and neither is Photos. But free unlimited storage forever is definitely going away, even though it was _the_ distinguishing feature back when it launched. The more you get for free, the lower the chances the provider will be able to cross-subsidize the free…
The point here is valid: a “free email address for life” is equivalent to a statement like “You can sleep on my couch as long as you need to”. It’s true until it isn’t. Unlike crashing on someone’s couch, for an actually very insignificant amount (and a nonzero quantity of technical skill), you can own actually own the domain and the email server and not depend on the charity of another, and not be even possibly inco…
> you can own actually own the domain and the email server
I believe the worst problem here is spam. Google grew that much as email provider also because they have among the best filters out there, but what about different servers on small hosting providers? Security issues aside (I assume their sysadmins know how to setup a safe email server), I've planned that route many times and resisted because having to fiddle with constantly changing spammers lists is something I really wouldn't want to waste a minute on.
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#146Folks - pay $5/month for Fastmail, Migadu, ProtonMail, or self host + your own domain name. Companies like this come and go, it’s a good chance you’ll still own the domain name. There is no such thing as free. They’ll nag you for hosting on their site. UI will degrade over time. Something will give, if not now, at some point in the future. Lifetime is a bold claim. I’m being cynical but this smells like an attempt to…
+1 for Migadu or ProtonMail, both offer great service, but Migadu with $19 yearly plan and amount of features is just incomparable to any other service.
I use Protonmail, the spam protection feels a lot more on my side than i ever experienced with gmail (which was my main reason for staying way to long)
You can use it free or upgrade with a fair tiered model.
Would recommend it anyone.
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
+1 for Migadu or ProtonMail, both offer great service, but Migadu with $19 yearly plan and amount of features is just incomparable to any other service.
ProtonMail (and ProtonVPN, ...) is unrealistically expensive. Posteo [1] runs on green energy, and does support TOTP (in constrast to Migadu). 12 EUR/year. [1] https://posteo.de
I pay like 7$ a month for a few domains and aliases. Not sure what you consider expensive but for such a crucial service as email i think its fair. Most my domains are just forwarded, guess i save a lot on that front tho
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#148Folks - pay $5/month for Fastmail, Migadu, ProtonMail, or self host + your own domain name. Companies like this come and go, it’s a good chance you’ll still own the domain name. There is no such thing as free. They’ll nag you for hosting on their site. UI will degrade over time. Something will give, if not now, at some point in the future. Lifetime is a bold claim. I’m being cynical but this smells like an attempt to…
Further to this, a catch-all domain for signing up to sites is so handy. I use sitename@domain.com. I've only had one or two spam emails since, but all I do is change it on that site (sitename1@domain.com) and blacklist the burned one.
There's no reason not to own a domain for your email these days.
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#149Why giving so much weight on Switzerland? I don't have anything personal with that country but why do I have to know it as a user? Afaik Switzerland is not part of the EU and regulations may not be stable.
Re: Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
#150Folks - pay $5/month for Fastmail, Migadu, ProtonMail, or self host + your own domain name. Companies like this come and go, it’s a good chance you’ll still own the domain name. There is no such thing as free. They’ll nag you for hosting on their site. UI will degrade over time. Something will give, if not now, at some point in the future. Lifetime is a bold claim. I’m being cynical but this smells like an attempt to…
also inbox.eu will not go away any time soon. we are 22 year old e-mail provider :)