Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Verizon Email => AOL Date: 6 Mar 2017 14:43:11 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-KyS7UX35PPMd@localhost> <1n2gm77.1u29f1z1k2gnuoN%befr@eaglesoft.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net XjfW0cldiy9Pb9SWptsOQwToReIyYqXm+iktJd+iPTS9Uzj10n Cancel-Lock: sha1:sg5AV47l30PNKcl5MLfK1+vEqqo= sha1:wLZsumRHiyM4krGFCdM2T5j2qwc= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.6 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:101862 Bernd Fröhlich wrote: > Jolly Roger wrote: > >> Yeah. That's the kind of lock-in I avoid! Consider switching them all to >> your icloud.com address! > > Umm, well, ... isn´t that just switching from one lock-in to another? Yes, but iCloud isn't going anywhere any time soon. The same cannot be said of others. > I use a domain that I own and can switch easily from one provider to the > next if I want/have to. I run my own mail server on my own domain, and most of my mail lives there, safe and sound. I rarely use any other email service, though I do have iCloud addresses too. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR