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I’ve had a custom domain for some time, but it has its own risks / drawbacks. 1. If your registrar account is compromised, someone can redirect your mail at w
by anonuser123456 5y ago
I’ve had a custom domain for some time, but it has its own risks / drawbacks.
1. If your registrar account is compromised, someone can redirect your mail at will.
2. If your payment lapses you might lose the entire domain.
3. If you die, it’s unlikely your family will understand how to maintain the system.
4. Some systems will classify your email as spam even with the right MX configuration (DMARC,DKIM etc)
I think the right choice is having a paid relationship with a mail provider that’s been in the business a long time, and use their domain.
- thesuitonym 5y agoYour concerns are valid, but at least for 1 and 2, you can be proactive about preventing them, compared to preventing loss of your Google account which is just... crossing your fingers. As for 3, well, I really don't care in the least what happens after I die. I won't be around anymore. I can't really speak about how much of a problem 4 is, because it's never happened to me. I suspect the people who get their email classified as spam while using a large email provider actually are doing something wrong.
- MerelyMortal 5y agoAs a sender, you don't know when #4 happens. Regular people don't check their spam folders. Regular people don't go out of their way to give the sender a head's up that it was classified as spam. I know it happens to me, because I have to verbally follow-up sometimes. The only way you would know if #4 doesn't happen to you, is if you're doing something wrong, like trying to track when people open the email.