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Yahoo makes it difficult to leave its service by disabling email forwarding

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Re: Yahoo makes it difficult to leave its service by disabling email forwarding

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Post by rhinoceraptor »

eberkund wrote: post #5
Vanit wrote: post #4

This is why you should use your own email domain so you can just shuffle it around providers as needed.

For most providers, using your own domain is a paid feature.

I pay $5 a month for Google Apps, which is completely worth it for me since finding good, unclaimed short email addresses on Gmail is not possible.

Re: Yahoo makes it difficult to leave its service by disabling email forwarding

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Post by Rumudiez »

rhinoceraptor wrote: post #6
eberkund wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For most providers, using your own domain is a paid feature.

I pay $5 a month for Google Apps, which is completely worth it for me since finding good, unclaimed short email addresses on Gmail is not possible.

If all you want is the email address, you can simply transfer your domain to Google Domains and use their free GMail integration. That'll save you $48/year assuming you don't value any of the other paid features in Google Apps.

Re: Yahoo makes it difficult to leave its service by disabling email forwarding

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Post by fixxer »

I remember moving away from Yahoo! in 2008. It was like ripping off a bandaid, but after 3 months, I was able to stop checking it.

I replaced it with a personal domain with email hosting through gmail. Today, protonmail looks like an interesting alternative, and thanks to this setup, would be a painless transition.

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