I kept Gmail, but gradually switched over to proton. Eventually, year or two later, it’s full of emails I don’t glcare about. Start now and take it slow.
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silentknyght@lemmy.world 1 year agoCurious what you decide. I feel trapped. My Gmail has been my primary account for almost 20 years. With that kind of longevity, switching would be extremely disruptive.
filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
BillyTheSkidMark@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’ve heard good things about proton. Considering switching to that as well. Other than heading so many places use your old email until you update it is there any reason you did it gradually?
filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
No, that’s the only reason. I didn’t want to flood my new inbox with emails I don’t need.
vale@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
3 months later I finally started the process. Got Proton Unlimited and am slowly transitioning my Google drive over
berg@lemm.ee 1 year ago
When I did it I just forwarded my mails to the new service (fastmail) and changed mail address whenever a mail got forwarded in. When I didn’t receive a forwarded mail for a year or so I deleted my old mail and never looked back.
If you use a password manager this get easier though, since you can just lookup where the old mail is used.
radix@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Never realized this was a benefit of password managers. Even happier I’ve been on Bitwarden a few years now.