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Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by Insanity »

zetsurin wrote: post #11
Insanity wrote: post #3

Given they accept any input that presumably matches a regex it doesn’t matter which one you choose. But if you are looking for a new email provider and de-Google your life, I’m pretty with ProtonMail and their other offerings. Also moved my 2FA and Password manager to them, alongside their VPN.

proton has some issues that may or may not be issues for you - https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/proton-mail-fbi-stop-co... - http://thoughtportal.org/2025/02/26/proton-mail-says-its-pol... these people seem more problem free so far https://mail.tutanota.com/login

Frequently when someone mentions Proton on HN the response is along the lines of what you just did.

In the big scheme of things, I’d trust Proton more than Google and other big tech companies even if they aren’t perfect.

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by tom_alexander »

readme wrote: post #9

I host my own email. I also have a gmail account, that I've had since the beta. I cannot tell you how many times I have encountered a person that asks for my email and then looked at me confused when it didn't end in gmail, outlook, or something, and then ask me for another email, as if only that would be good enough.

I have my own domain. I've been asked for my email, to which I replied "myname@foo.example" and they replied "myname@foo.example.com?".

edit: Changed domain based on ButlerianJihad's suggestion

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by sarbanharble »

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #30
readme wrote: post #9

I host my own email. I also have a gmail account, that I've had since the beta. I cannot tell you how many times I have encountered a person that asks for my email and then looked at me confused when it didn't end in gmail, outlook, or something, and then ask me for another email, as if only that would be good enough.

I get no end of confusion because mine is firstname@firstnamelastname.com. People have told me that isn’t correct.

I have no issues with Hello@firstnamelastname.com.

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by ButlerianJihad »

tom_alexander wrote: post #42
readme wrote: post #9

I host my own email. I also have a gmail account, that I've had since the beta. I cannot tell you how many times I have encountered a person that asks for my email and then looked at me confused when it didn't end in gmail, outlook, or something, and then ask me for another email, as if only that would be good enough.

I have my own domain. I've been asked for my email, to which I replied "myname@foo.example" and they replied "myname@foo.example.com?". edit: Changed domain based on ButlerianJihad's suggestion

The perfect opportunity to write "myname@foo.example"!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.example

A real domain, for all your fake purposes!

"Do you mean 'myname@foo.example.com'?"

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by tom_alexander »

ButlerianJihad wrote: post #44
tom_alexander wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have my own domain. I've been asked for my email, to which I replied "myname@foo.example" and they replied "myname@foo.example.com?". edit: Changed domain based on ButlerianJihad's suggestion

The perfect opportunity to write "myname@foo.example"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.example A real domain, for all your fake purposes! "Do you mean 'myname@foo.example.com'?"

Good suggestion! Fixed.

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by Daviey »

readme wrote: post #9

I host my own email. I also have a gmail account, that I've had since the beta. I cannot tell you how many times I have encountered a person that asks for my email and then looked at me confused when it didn't end in gmail, outlook, or something, and then ask me for another email, as if only that would be good enough.

I had websites state that the address was invalid because I didn't have an MX record, despite it not being an RFC requirment.

Also, a lifetime ago, had Hurricane Electric (https://he.net) refuse to accept a sign-up because... I only had one MX record. I added an additional record pointing the same IP, but they weren't happy.. So I allocated an additional ipv4 address to the same server, just to satisfy them.

It's a losing battle.

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by sureglymop »

c22 wrote: post #38
tonyedgecombe wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get no end of confusion because mine is firstname@firstnamelastname.com. People have told me that isn’t correct.

I like to use yourname@myname.tld and people often are certain I'm confused. I have to promise them it will work.

I do this often when corresponding with businesses/companies and I've been asked before if I have a similar business or am in their line of work also...

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by rpdillon »

bcrl wrote: post #17

I think the difference between Google's DMARC policy for gmail.com and google.com says it all: bcrl@home:~/electronics/vrm/lm5017/test-lm5017-isobuck$ host -t txt _dmarc.gmail.com _dmarc.gmail.com descriptive text "v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=quarantine; rua=mailto:mailauth-reports@google.com" bcrl@home:~/electronics/vrm/lm5017/test-lm5017-isobuck$ host -t txt _dmarc.google.com _dmarc.google.com descriptive text "v=DMARC1;…

Wait, wouldn't setting gmail.com to p=reject break anyone using legacy email-forwarding setups and mailing lists?

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by lavataco »

seiferteric wrote: post #12
readme wrote: post #9

I host my own email. I also have a gmail account, that I've had since the beta. I cannot tell you how many times I have encountered a person that asks for my email and then looked at me confused when it didn't end in gmail, outlook, or something, and then ask me for another email, as if only that would be good enough.

I have my own domain and my email ends with a .casa TLD and it not only causes confusion, I have had some websites reject it as invalid.

i love my .town email, and ive had very few rejections from websites. maybe like 2 ever. plus i can make up departments for each site i signup for

Re: Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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Post by mitxela »

Daviey wrote: post #46
readme wrote: post #9

I host my own email. I also have a gmail account, that I've had since the beta. I cannot tell you how many times I have encountered a person that asks for my email and then looked at me confused when it didn't end in gmail, outlook, or something, and then ask me for another email, as if only that would be good enough.

I had websites state that the address was invalid because I didn't have an MX record, despite it not being an RFC requirment. Also, a lifetime ago, had Hurricane Electric ( https://he.net ) refuse to accept a sign-up because... I only had one MX record. I added an additional record pointing the same IP, but they weren't happy.. So I allocated an additional ipv4 address to the same server, just to satisfy them. It's a…

You really should have an MX record though. Fallback to A is deprecated and really should have been removed by now.

HE provides professional network services and probably, perhaps even contractually, requires you to have two different ways to reach you. Everyone at that level has quick ways to get in contact with all their business partners, usually a phone number that's active 24/7.

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