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> Do I go with a domain I own? This one, it’s this one. Losing your domain tends to require human action: from someone forgot to pay the renewal to someone me
by owenmarshall 7y ago
> Do I go with a domain I own?
This one, it’s this one.
Losing your domain tends to require human action: from someone forgot to pay the renewal to someone messed up and sinkholed it because they thought it was a C2 server.
But because humans are in the system there tend to be layers of processes that try to prevent you from getting to this state and can get your world back to normal if you do.
Gmail offers nothing like this. When the ML algorithms decide you are too many sigma in the “abnormal” category, you are done. And there is no one to talk to who can fix your problem.
- doublerabbit 7y agoAlthough if your using your own email address, be prepared for emails you send to end up in junk.
- owenmarshall 7y agoThis is an unfortunate risk with running your own. Instead, pay someone - my Fastmail subscription is absolutely worth every penny. If it ever becomes a problem I flip my MX record elsewhere.
- kube-system 7y agoThat's if you use your own _server_. You don't have to point your DNS records to a server you own.