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I moved all my public emails from first@last.something to first.last@wellknownmailprovider and then spent a lot of time changing my email address in accounts t

by jasonv 6y ago

I moved all my public emails from first@last.something to first.last@wellknownmailprovider and then spent a lot of time changing my email address in accounts that I've had a really long time. Shocked at how badly that went, actually. For certain service providers, I couldn't change my email address and was encouraged to open a new account, which would've meant losing certain records in the old accounts. I couldn't consolidate. And companies that have different email addresses for their accounts and their mailing lists -- not helpful. And finally, companies that disable the "update your email address" link in footer of popular email list services, so your only option is to unsubscribe -- good going (not).

DenseComet 6y ago
What was your reasoning behind moving your emails to a public email provider instead of an email with a domain you seemed to control? I've been trying to move in the other direction and its been exactly as much of a pain as you've mentioned.
- jasonv 6y ago
  There's a long story here, but here's the short take: Most of my email accounts are public email provider mapped to domains. But anytime I sign-up for something that's not tied only to one of my work endeavors, I use the non-mapped address. So, newsletters, sign-ups, Amazon account, etc. I don't use any mapped domains for those things, as those kind of come-and-go. I segregate my personal email and my business emails from the @public-email-provider address, which I want to keep away from my other activities. It also puts all those mailing list emails, legal acknowledgements, etc., in one place as much as possible. I can filter and manage those in one place. I also don't have a strong sense of personal ownership of that stuff. It's like a PO Box, not my house address. I don't check that account for human- initiated communication. That's my personal address (which gets almost zero traffic these days) and my work/business email addresses. I have a strong aversion to the company behind public email provider. But I set a calendar reminder for a year out so I don't think about it much until then. I have some endeavors that will let me close up various business activities and centralize to one. If/when that's solid, I'll probably consolidate all my income-oriented business accounts and services [and probably somewhere else], but keep the public... as it's just a PO Box.

by jasonv 6y ago

DenseComet 6y ago

What was your reasoning behind moving your emails to a public email provider instead of an email with a domain you seemed to control? I've been trying to move in the other direction and its been exactly as much of a pain as you've mentioned.

jasonv 6y ago
There's a long story here, but here's the short take: Most of my email accounts are public email provider mapped to domains. But anytime I sign-up for something that's not tied only to one of my work endeavors, I use the non-mapped address. So, newsletters, sign-ups, Amazon account, etc. I don't use any mapped domains for those things, as those kind of come-and-go. I segregate my personal email and my business emails from the @public-email-provider address, which I want to keep away from my other activities. It also puts all those mailing list emails, legal acknowledgements, etc., in one place as much as possible. I can filter and manage those in one place. I also don't have a strong sense of personal ownership of that stuff. It's like a PO Box, not my house address. I don't check that account for human- initiated communication. That's my personal address (which gets almost zero traffic these days) and my work/business email addresses. I have a strong aversion to the company behind public email provider. But I set a calendar reminder for a year out so I don't think about it much until then. I have some endeavors that will let me close up various business activities and centralize to one. If/when that's solid, I'll probably consolidate all my income-oriented business accounts and services [and probably somewhere else], but keep the public... as it's just a PO Box.