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Biggest reason I pay for my own domain and low-cost email (tutanota it's offers custom domains for €12pa).

themagician 3y ago
It’s very easy to become complacent. I knew forever that using Google was a risk. I keep email mostly on owned domains… but I also use all sorts of Google services. The thing is, for every Google service you really should have a separate account. One for dev, one for YouTube, one for Gmail, one for Wallet. Maybe one for Chrome if you use it as a password manager. One for AdWords. One for payments if you use any merchant services. Every service you add to an account increases your odds of suspension. Oddly, I’ve also heard that one of the reasons guy can get banned is for having multiple accounts. So I’m not sure if my new policy is any better than my old one.
- manquer 3y ago
  Google is known to ban all related accounts for a problem with one
crossroadsguy 3y ago
Tutanota has two major irreconcilable drawbacks: - They do not let you use any other client -- that's a bummer but let's say I can live with that - But the real bugger is - while they allow catch-all, they (actually their clients because you can't use something like Apple Mail, or Thunderbird) do not allow sending email from "any" email address even on your own domain, which is the mandatory compliment to catch-all, and without it catch-all is half useless. Note: Though I have never quite understood their reasoning for not allowing you to use other clients -- the mails to other domains/providers anyway go unencrypted and just like any other email in the world. This is a weird kind of walled garden.
- renonce 3y ago
  At least you can switch to another email provider at any time. The domain is yours.
  - crossroadsguy 3y ago
    Isn't that obvious? The point was one might not want to go to Tutanota in the first place and rather go to another provider instead of going to another provider after a switch.
    - psychphysic 3y ago
      I'm happy with tutanota thanks. I've been with them for 3+ years I believe at this point.

It’s very easy to become complacent. I knew forever that using Google was a risk. I keep email mostly on owned domains… but I also use all sorts of Google services. The thing is, for every Google service you really should have a separate account. One for dev, one for YouTube, one for Gmail, one for Wallet. Maybe one for Chrome if you use it as a password manager. One for AdWords. One for payments if you use any merchant services. Every service you add to an account increases your odds of suspension. Oddly, I’ve also heard that one of the reasons guy can get banned is for having multiple accounts. So I’m not sure if my new policy is any better than my old one.

manquer 3y ago
Google is known to ban all related accounts for a problem with one

crossroadsguy 3y ago

Tutanota has two major irreconcilable drawbacks: - They do not let you use any other client -- that's a bummer but let's say I can live with that - But the real bugger is - while they allow catch-all, they (actually their clients because you can't use something like Apple Mail, or Thunderbird) do not allow sending email from "any" email address even on your own domain, which is the mandatory compliment to catch-all, and without it catch-all is half useless. Note: Though I have never quite understood their reasoning for not allowing you to use other clients -- the mails to other domains/providers anyway go unencrypted and just like any other email in the world. This is a weird kind of walled garden.

renonce 3y ago
At least you can switch to another email provider at any time. The domain is yours.
- crossroadsguy 3y ago
  Isn't that obvious? The point was one might not want to go to Tutanota in the first place and rather go to another provider instead of going to another provider after a switch.
  - psychphysic 3y ago
    I'm happy with tutanota thanks. I've been with them for 3+ years I believe at this point.