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What would happen if I'm on vacation and my apartment loses power, or my ISP-provided DSL modem locks up, or my cat chews on the server's ethernet cable? If th
by jmillikin 14y ago
What would happen if I'm on vacation and my apartment loses power, or my ISP-provided DSL modem locks up, or my cat chews on the server's ethernet cable?
If the answer is "you might not receive some email", then that is not an acceptable alternative to hosted email.
- snogglethorpe 14y agoExactly. Or you forget to do backups again and lose 6 months of email... For 99% of the population, centrally hosted, professionally maintained, email services are vastly superior. Sure, there will always be those who prefer self-hosting, corporations, the sittin'-inna-tree-with-my-M16 crowd, etc., but it's not really the best option for most.