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Ask HN: Email Provider for Main Account?

22 points agent008t | 2 comments | 15 May 25 11:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source

Which email provider would you recommend for your main account? (Banking, government + other important stuff)

With Gmail, I am concerned that I could get arbitrarily locked out of my account with no recourse. Also, I wouldn't mind moving away from Google in general to support a more decentralized internet. If it is based outside of the US, even better. But these considerations are secondary.

So I am looking for something secure, reliable, and usable (good search, not getting overrun with spam) that I could use for the next few decades. Privacy is only important insofar as reasonable security is concerned (vague, I know, but my point is that practicality is more important).

What do you use and what have been the pros and cons?

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n0ot ◴[15 May 25 15:14 UTC] No.43995900[source]▶
I use a custom domain with iCloud+. That works for me because I'm very much in the Apple ecosystem, but I can easily move somewhere else whenever it's no longer the best option for me, and I did just that when I moved from Proton to iCloud. I've set this up for my wife as well. It can be as simple or as hard as you want it to be, but above all, I'd strongly encourage you to use a domain you own. Email has become our de facto identity, and we should be in control of it.
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1. nuker ◴[15 May 25 17:32 UTC] No.43997313[source]▶
What if you lapse domain renewal for some reason and someone buys it? Some serious accident or life event? I do the same but i use icloud as main one.
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2. msh ◴[15 May 25 18:47 UTC] No.43998042[source]▶
you can prepay many domains for up to 10 years.