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I know some will reject the idea.. but if Google is your domain registrar, they'll do email forwarding without an extra charge. I've started using @mydomain wh

I know some will reject the idea.. but if Google is your domain registrar, they'll do email forwarding without an extra charge. I've started using @mydomain where the is the website/service I've registered for... doesn't help with my existing stack though.

gumby 7y ago
You can just do forwarding. I’ve run my own mail service since the 80s, and when I need a google login to work with someone I just create it and forward my mail. When the project is over, just delete it. Easy-peasy. Unless a client wants to use google docs I‘ve never found an account to add any value anyway. I don’t use google search much any more but when I do it works fine without cookies. And I try chrome occasionally (it’s needed to use google docs) but it uses too many resources to use as any kind of default. It’s also harder to enforce privacy with it.
- tracker1 7y ago
  I was referring to google hosting the mail service, so no need to diy or pay for another server, and you don't need to use gmail with it.
  - gumby 7y ago
    Oh, ok. In my case some of my servers are over 20 years old, though I run less critical services on them. My newest machines is about 4 months old. My buddy in the rack next to me is a few servers from the same batch as my 20 year old ones. Obviously the most critical stuff runs on the newest hardware but when you’ve had a machine running uninterrupted for a decade or so why mess with it? Annualized cap ex + the op ex is negligible at this point. As personal servers of course “critical“ is pretty idiosyncratic, though I have used them to start and host various companies overnthe years until it was worth giving them their “own” hardware and identity. I admit the age of managing a rack full of servers in a colo has largely passed.
- ThePowerOfFuet 7y ago
  Google Docs works fine in Firefox and Safari.
  - gumby 7y ago
    A bunch of features like context menu, many key shortcuts don’t work under safari but do under chrome. Dunno about ffx

gumby 7y ago

You can just do forwarding. I’ve run my own mail service since the 80s, and when I need a google login to work with someone I just create it and forward my mail. When the project is over, just delete it. Easy-peasy. Unless a client wants to use google docs I‘ve never found an account to add any value anyway. I don’t use google search much any more but when I do it works fine without cookies. And I try chrome occasionally (it’s needed to use google docs) but it uses too many resources to use as any kind of default. It’s also harder to enforce privacy with it.

tracker1 7y ago
I was referring to google hosting the mail service, so no need to diy or pay for another server, and you don't need to use gmail with it.
- gumby 7y ago
  Oh, ok. In my case some of my servers are over 20 years old, though I run less critical services on them. My newest machines is about 4 months old. My buddy in the rack next to me is a few servers from the same batch as my 20 year old ones. Obviously the most critical stuff runs on the newest hardware but when you’ve had a machine running uninterrupted for a decade or so why mess with it? Annualized cap ex + the op ex is negligible at this point. As personal servers of course “critical“ is pretty idiosyncratic, though I have used them to start and host various companies overnthe years until it was worth giving them their “own” hardware and identity. I admit the age of managing a rack full of servers in a colo has largely passed.
ThePowerOfFuet 7y ago
Google Docs works fine in Firefox and Safari.
- gumby 7y ago
  A bunch of features like context menu, many key shortcuts don’t work under safari but do under chrome. Dunno about ffx