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Eh, that’s the problem with email - it’s much harder to change and migrate, because you can’t guarantee others will use your new email, much less find out who somehow still has the old email to send messages to and expects a reply from.

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stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
This is an argument for having your own domain for emails. There is an annual cost but at least your address isn’t locked to a specific provider sokcd you can change some DNS settings to point at a different mail server.

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- HowAbt2day@futurology.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’ve been with Tuta mail for years now and it just keeps getting better. It’s not free, but I believe that that’s why it’s a good choice. They’ve add the calendar app and are expanding to cloud storage.
  
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- Wolf314159@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s also an argument for not having your own domain for emails, because you may one day loose that domain too, and someone could poach the domain to impersonate you.
  
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- kadup@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yep, it’s a great idea
  
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feannag@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Unless you own the domain. Then switching providers is a simple DNS/MX/DKIM/DMARC update.

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jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Eh, that’s when you just turn on auto-reply/forwarding and abandon it.

But of course they need to be able to access it to enable auto-reply. :)

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- Jason2357@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This. Don’t ever delete the account because someone will scoop it up and impersonate you. Just set auto reply and log out. Check the terms, you may need to log in every 6 months though. Do that a couple of times at least.
  
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- swelter_spark@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This is what I did. I set up autoresponse giving out an address that redirects to my new email address. My parents called me to see if I was hacked. Everyone else just started using the new address.
  
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bigfondue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Also you can get locked out of other services that use email for 2FA and password resets

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WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
compared to what? much easier than phone numbers

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