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At one point Yahoo was invincible.. I really need a way to find an alternative to gmail for email where I am in control and can replicate it when I like.

• OrgNet 8y ago
  The only reason i still use gmail is because of the search engine... im about to implement my own using existing techs so that I can move away from Google... why does search sucks so much in open source programs.. on a side note, Myspace is still active?
  • zimpenfish 8y ago
    > why does search sucks so much in open source programs.. If you have/can get command line access to your mailboxes, mairix[1] is pretty good at indexing and searching. [1] https://github.com/vandry/mairix https://github.com/vandry/mairix
• asteli 8y ago
  you can always set up an email account on another service and have the mail accessed through google's interfaces. i wouldn't recommend setting up your own email server unless you really like securing servers though
• SpaethCo 8y ago
  You can be in control of your actual data pretty easily with gmail. One of the better options I’ve found for maintaining a local archive is the Got Your Back[0] script. It maintains an SQLite DB with all of the message tag associations, and stores all your emails in standard .msg format text files. If you want additional peace of mind, you can spend a few pennies and use restic[1] to do regular incremental backups of the archive to Backblaze B2 to add yet another storage location and version index. [0] https://github.com/jay0lee/got-your-back/wiki https://github.com/jay0lee/got-your-back/wiki [1] https://restic.net https://restic.net