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Re: Telstra email

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Trevor <trevor@home.net> wrote:

>On 13/09/2016 5:05 PM, Gordon Levi wrote:
>> BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> If you use
>>> your ISP's email, it's a PITA to switch ISPs.  I learned that when I
>>> switched ISPs the first time, quite a few years ago.  I wouldn't
>>> recommend Gmail particularly (I have an account with them, another with
>>> Hotmail, and one with Yahoo, mostly use Yahoo), but getting an email
>>> with an independent provider is good for mobility.
>>
>> Why tie yourself to a particular provider? For about ten dollars a
>> year you can buy your own domain name that you can share with your
>> family giving everybody an email address for life. You can then
>> forward incoming mail to a real address which can be their ISP or an
>> email service like gMail. Mail forwarding is often included with the
>> domain registration - e.g. <https://www.domainmonster.com/>.
>
>Mail *forwarding* to your hotmail/gmail/yahoo account or webmail access 
>only. Costs extra if you want a proper email account though. And if you 
>forward to gmail etc. all you gain is a different email address.

That's the point. ISPs, email services, hosting services, domain
registrars and domain managers come and go. Your domain name and,
consequently, your email address lasts as close to forever as you can
get.
> Not 
>much point unless you pay extra for proper email support IMO since not 
>all ISP's provide email any more, just as many no longer provide usenet. 
>Only likely to get worse in future. :-(

I don't see the point in running my own email server either outsourced
or self managed. If my ISP, gMail, Outlook and Yahoo all disappear I
suspect the problem will also wipe out my server. Can you explain the
advantages of "proper email support"?

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                Re: Telstra email news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-09-14 14:10 +0000
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