Reasons to not use your own domain for email
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Reasons to not use your own domain for email
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Re: Reasons to not use your own domain for email
#2I strongly disagree.
- Google has on multiple occasions terminated accounts for no reason with no recourse. You loose access you can't do anything. If you have your own domain you can at least set it up somewhere else. How many website would you need to update with your new email and how would you get thay extra factor mail?
- If I die I don't care if someone else reads my mail, I'm dead. Also you can add a dead man's switch and you should provide your family with access to your passwords etc. in case something does happen.
- if you are worried about expiration, didn't one registrar just offer 100 year registration? Also the process is usually (for. com at least): domain expires, registrar removes DNS until you pay, usually 30 days, then the domain goes to retention where you can pay the +250 fee to get it back which I believe is another 60 days or something that you have to pay and get it back. I have had customers that I would remind over and over only to have them fall into retention and then complain about the fee but they got their domain back.
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#3I strongly disagree. - Google has on multiple occasions terminated accounts for no reason with no recourse. You loose access you can't do anything. If you have your own domain you can at least set it up somewhere else. How many website would you need to update with your new email and how would you get thay extra factor mail? - If I die I don't care if someone else reads my mail, I'm dead. Also you can add a dead man'…
I didn't recommend an email host on purpose because that's not the point I was trying to make. I recommend iCloud since it's the cheapest paid email provider you can get if you have or had any Apple device. Fastmail is a close second.
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#4> Another concern is privacy. Using a unique domain name for email stands out, especially when it has your name.
I never really thought of this, but it's a good point. I'm beginning to trust Apple more to forward random email addresses to me.
> One of my concerns is that, if I were unable to renew my domain (e.g., in case of death), someone else could register it and start receiving my emails.
I also pay my domain name a few years forwards, just so in case I die, my family doesn't right away lose their email as well.
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#5> Another concern is privacy. Using a unique domain name for email stands out, especially when it has your name. I never really thought of this, but it's a good point. I'm beginning to trust Apple more to forward random email addresses to me. > One of my concerns is that, if I were unable to renew my domain (e.g., in case of death), someone else could register it and start receiving my emails. I also pay my domain na…
If you die then someone has to receive your emails anyway: you're dead.
Specifically the executor of your estate will probably need access in order to wind it up or direct things to next of kin.
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#6> I am starting to use iCloud's Hide My Email to change my email address on accounts I have created over the years because of this
How seamless is logging in on non-Apple devices?
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#7> Another concern is privacy. Using a unique domain name for email stands out, especially when it has your name. I never really thought of this, but it's a good point. I'm beginning to trust Apple more to forward random email addresses to me. > One of my concerns is that, if I were unable to renew my domain (e.g., in case of death), someone else could register it and start receiving my emails. I also pay my domain na…
It it a good point? What’s the threat? How can you be “private” when you have a unique id associated with every email address?
If you’re that paranoid, you might as well name your account bsuwbeu7262@gmail. But you could just have a goofball domain as well complete the du rigour registration privacy service all registrars support.
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#8And furthermore using Google mail for business purposes doesn't have unprofessional stigma anymore, especially amongst younger people (naturally meaning under 50).
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#9One of my mail domain's can only be registered for a year at a time, which really bothers me, I feel like it leaves the risk of losing it higher than others which I can register for longer.
I don't know if there's a way around it, but for the record, it's a .es domain, and I am not Spanish, nor do I live in Spain.
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#10> I am starting to use iCloud's Hide My Email to change my email address on accounts I have created over the years because of this How seamless is logging in on non-Apple devices?
Once you have Hide My Email set up, you don't have to log in again. I just forward to another email account that is not on iCloud. The unique email address I generated is saved in 1Password.