"1. Don’t mess around with Google or any company that you simply can’t live without." Wrong. Get off of google ASAP. I have my own email. Yes I pay, yes it is

"1. Don’t mess around with Google or any company that you simply can’t live without." Wrong. Get off of google ASAP. I have my own email. Yes I pay, yes it is a little bit less convenient. But I don't have to worry about such stuff. I still use the search engine but should actually use startpage.com instead. Gandi offers Email with domains. If you have your own domain and need email services, you can also use this guys: http://infomaniak.ch/ http://infomaniak.ch/ Less than US$20 per year. And non EU non US jurisdiction as a bonus. There are python scripts available that back up your google email data via IMAP. I downloaded everything before I moved.