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JayhawkSD

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11. Using your own domain makes you more dependent, not less. Gmail makes you independent.

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 10:20 AM

Sep 2017

Your own domain is the same problem as tying your email to an ISP. It ties you down. Gmail email address is 100% portable.

With your own dmain, what if you want to stop maintaining the domain? It's not terribly expensive, but it's not free. You have to pay an annual fee for the domain itself, and you have to pay an annual fee for the server to host it on. You then have the hassle of renewing these services. You can do both on a multi-year basis, but you still have to keep renewing, and keep paying.

I had my email tied to my domain, as part of my business, and decided it was not worth the effort. Switched to a gmail address, which I can use regardless of my ISP.

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I just switched internet from AT&T to Comcast. I had a sbcglobal.net email. Now I cannot get into [View all] demosincebirth Sep 2017 OP

Do you know your password for each site and username? applegrove Sep 2017 #1

yea. demosincebirth Sep 2017 #2

Does this help? applegrove Sep 2017 #4

thanks, it helped get into my bank account. One CC company's web site doesn't recognize any informa- demosincebirth Sep 2017 #6

Yes. Call Comcast. But like I say if you get Google email then you don't have to change applegrove Sep 2017 #7

Thanks Mr. Applegrove, you gave me a good start. demosincebirth Sep 2017 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Sep 2017 #3

If you can't use your sbcglobal.net email account try gmail. If you applegrove Sep 2017 #5

We do not have good choices with servers in the U.S. rusty quoin Sep 2017 #9

My Advise is Never use the email server provided by your ISP PuppyBismark Sep 2017 #10

Using your own domain makes you more dependent, not less. Gmail makes you independent. JayhawkSD Sep 2017 #11