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OK, IMHO if you keep gmail, you have not left google. Having one service with them and having multiple services with them are essentially the same. I am trying
by blacktulip 13y ago
OK, IMHO if you keep gmail, you have not left google. Having one service with them and having multiple services with them are essentially the same.
I am trying to do the same thing. Problem is, I used my gmail address everywhere already. My contacts know me by my gmail address. Dropbox identifies me by my gmail address .. you know what I mean.
I moved my custom domain emails to fastmail. But my @gmail account can't be moved. I really don't know what to do with it. I am stuck.
- gyardley 13y agoAutoforward everything you get to it to one of your custom domain emails, and set up an autoresponder that says you're no longer using GMail, points to your new email, and tells the sender you'll stop checking GMail soon? After about a year or so of that (plus having the presence of mind to update your email address whenever you use a service), you should be able to delete your account without too much inconvenience. Yes, it's a pain, but that's how lock-in works.
- chris_mahan 13y agoGive yourself 1 year to migrate off. Tell everyone, services, etc. at the 6 month mark, put that in your sig. at the 9 month mark make an autoresponder. at 12 month, close the account.
- chris_mahan 13y agoActually, don't close the account. Just let it lie dormant.