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I don't know how I feel about email

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Re: I don't know how I feel about email

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EDIT: didn't realize this was satire when I wrote this

Setting it up from scratch is extremely annoying but there are foss solutions which manages everything mentioned and more, you only need to install & add the specified DNS records. Modoboa does a great job at this: https://modoboa.org/en/

> Also apparently there's no real way to migrate between email servers either

This seems false (unless I'm misunderstanding), you can just setup a second mailserver, change DNS records and run IMAPsync to get everything transfered (backend-indepently), the only thing that would need additional consideration is passwords.

Re: I don't know how I feel about email

#6
It's been a while, but as I recall your ISP will provide you with an email address. So if you have internet, you have an email address. Sure, if you change your ISP then you have to update your email address everywhere. But the same is true for phone numbers if you change phone companies.

As for email clients, just use whatever Netscape comes with.

Re: I don't know how I feel about email

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It's been a while, but as I recall your ISP will provide you with an email address. So if you have internet, you have an email address. Sure, if you change your ISP then you have to update your email address everywhere. But the same is true for phone numbers if you change phone companies. As for email clients, just use whatever Netscape comes with.

Not sure where you live but in Canada and the USA the phone companies legally have to allow you to port your existing number over from one company to another.
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