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Lesson 1: don’t build your mansion on someone else’s property. Lesson 2: don’t use gmail. At least, don’t use it for anything you actually care about.
by bradknowles 5y ago
Lesson 1: don’t build your mansion on someone else’s property.
Lesson 2: don’t use gmail. At least, don’t use it for anything you actually care about.
- muzani 5y agoWhat is a good email provider, paid or not?
- bradknowles 5y agoOne that you pay for your services, and where you’ve done your due diligence and confirmed that they are actually a good actor and responsible provider. Speaking only for myself, I have personally hosted my vanity domains that I have owned since 1995 with the folks at Heller Information Systems, who own the his.com and hers.com domains. During that time, I was also the Sr. Internet Mail Administrator at AOL, and the co-author of the SAGE booklet on “Internet Postmaster: Duties and Responsibilities”. I know how hard it is to run an e-mail system properly, and how large of a team it takes to do the job right. And I have steadfastly refused to try to do that job on my own for myself. The folks at HIS do a better job than I could do on my own for myself. Since 2003, I have also helped run the mail systems for python.org and NTP.org. That work has just solidified my views that running a mail server is a highly complex and burdensome task, which is why I drafted in the authors of “The Book of Postfix” to help run the mail systems for python.org. They have done a fantastic job, far better than I could have done on my own, and reinforced once again in my mind how much effort is required. So, do your homework. Check out the long-term reputation of the company, and see how much of that might be due to a single person who is heroically trying to balance the entire world on their shoulders, versus those who are part of a large team.