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This weekend I started my degoogling. Gmail and Chrome are gone. Let's see if I can survive for a week.

by chobeat 7y ago

keyle 7y ago
What did you / can you replace Gmail with? I have pretty much 10 years of Gmail history.
- freetonik 7y ago
  I recommend Fastmail. I've switched to it from Gmail last year and have easily moved about 10 years or archives. There's an easy built in import tool.
  - keyle 7y ago
    Ok but what makes you trust Fastmail more than Gmail, while it's clearly advertised as a safe haven away from prying eyes?
    - amelius 7y ago
      See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19942219#19942579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19942219#19942579
  - dastx 7y ago
    Fastmail's HQ is in Australia, and Australia's encryption law are dystopian. Make of this what you will.
- chobeat 7y ago
  Protonmail. From what I've understood, tutanota is better but I'm also a German resident and they are based in Germany, so better have a provider abroad than at home. I give you a precious bit of information than blew my mind: if you move to a new email, you don't have to nuke the previous one. You can still access it and lose nothing important. I had 10 years of history too and yesterday I had to lookup a receipt and I was like: "ah, it's all still there, the email apocalypse that I envisioned was all in my head".
nsomaru 7y ago
What's your gmail migration strategy? My primary email is hosted @gmail.com -- and I need a reliable way to transition this to my own domain on a trusted (and 3rd world priced) provider.
- StreamBright 7y ago
  How about Amazon Workmail?
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- amelius 7y ago
  Forward your emails, while sending an automatic reply that your email address has changed.
  - dillonmckay 7y ago
    I don’t recommend the automated reply, that lets anyone who happens to come across your gmail address, find your new address, friend or foe. If you are forwarding it, you will know who to reply to and let them know to update their address book.
- chobeat 7y ago
  Forward to the new address, unsubscribe from all the crap and change my address in every website that I care about. For humans I still don't know, I guess I will start writing from the new account and if they don't take the hint, I will tell them explicitly.
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This weekend I started my degoogling. Gmail and Chrome are gone. Let's see if I can survive for a week.

keyle 7y ago

What did you / can you replace Gmail with? I have pretty much 10 years of Gmail history.

freetonik 7y ago
I recommend Fastmail. I've switched to it from Gmail last year and have easily moved about 10 years or archives. There's an easy built in import tool.
- keyle 7y ago
  Ok but what makes you trust Fastmail more than Gmail, while it's clearly advertised as a safe haven away from prying eyes?
  - amelius 7y ago
    See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19942219#19942579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19942219#19942579
- dastx 7y ago
  Fastmail's HQ is in Australia, and Australia's encryption law are dystopian. Make of this what you will.
chobeat 7y ago
Protonmail. From what I've understood, tutanota is better but I'm also a German resident and they are based in Germany, so better have a provider abroad than at home. I give you a precious bit of information than blew my mind: if you move to a new email, you don't have to nuke the previous one. You can still access it and lose nothing important. I had 10 years of history too and yesterday I had to lookup a receipt and I was like: "ah, it's all still there, the email apocalypse that I envisioned was all in my head".

nsomaru 7y ago

What's your gmail migration strategy? My primary email is hosted @gmail.com -- and I need a reliable way to transition this to my own domain on a trusted (and 3rd world priced) provider.

StreamBright 7y ago
How about Amazon Workmail?
- deleted 7y ago
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amelius 7y ago
Forward your emails, while sending an automatic reply that your email address has changed.
- dillonmckay 7y ago
  I don’t recommend the automated reply, that lets anyone who happens to come across your gmail address, find your new address, friend or foe. If you are forwarding it, you will know who to reply to and let them know to update their address book.
chobeat 7y ago
Forward to the new address, unsubscribe from all the crap and change my address in every website that I care about. For humans I still don't know, I guess I will start writing from the new account and if they don't take the hint, I will tell them explicitly.

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