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How the hell should I even switch mail providers? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have completely stopped using google services and software on my personal devices (even have lineageos + microg on my phone. The problem is that I can't just explain to the technically uneducated people that I changed mail providers. How should I go about doing this?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. I will, when I actually have regular income and could afford it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most of the reputable TLDs like .net can be had for around 10USD a year from providers like Porkbun.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wait, could I set it up with something like duckdns?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Theoretically yes, but it is probably not a good idea to use it for email since duckdns might not exist in a few years meaning you cannot log into services that used that email.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No. You don't own that. Plus you need direct control over DNS records since you need to set up MX and TXT records and I think some other records as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Oh, ok