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Every so often an article like this comes up, and I think to myself, "Maybe I should export my emails from Gmail and start using a personal domain for emails" a
by smweber 15y ago
Every so often an article like this comes up, and I think to myself, "Maybe I should export my emails from Gmail and start using a personal domain for emails" and otherwise secure my data just in case this happens to me. But what are the chances, right? And Gmail is so convenient!
I think this time I'm going to actually do something. Probably not ditch Google entirely, but ensure I'm not entirely dependent on them.
- wccrawford 15y agoI would do the same, but the sad fact is that I'm more likely to lose all my data than Google is, even with the occasional mistake like this.
- Hisoka 15y agoYou can still use Gmail and use a personal domain for emails. Best of both worlds.
- DenisM 15y agoGoogle Apps, or do you have a simpler setup?
- Hisoka 15y agoUh.. I just add an extra alias to my gmail account pointing to my personal domain and send using that email via Gmail.
- mcherm 15y agoSimpler. I set up my personal email on a domain I own to forward to my gmail account. In gmail, I "claimed" my email (it sent me a message with a link which I clicked). After that, I can send from gmail and Google will sign it as coming from my personal email (on the domain I own).
- DenisM 15y agoWhat do you use to forward your email from your own domain to gmail? That's what's stopping me, and that's why I went the Google Apps route.
- cookiecaper 15y agoI do the same thing and I run a postfix server to reforward the mail to my gmail account after it hits my domain. I actually don't have any redundance or backup server-side and rely on the mail client to sync content to disk. While Google disabling my account may put me out for a short time, it will only be however long it takes to reconfigure postfix to actually store my mail (or forward somewhere else) instead of just forwarding.