I agree with all of this. I would add that if you host your own server, then your email is your property. On google, it's their property and they can disconti

I agree with all of this. I would add that if you host your own server, then your email is your property. On google, it's their property and they can discontinue their service and purge all content if they so desire. (Not that they would, just saying they could)