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Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org

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351 points giuliomagnifico | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 17:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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_mlbt ◴[22 Aug 25 18:03 UTC] No.44987655[source]▶
I wish there was something like cell phone number porting for email addresses. I don’t know how it would work on the technical side or how you could secure something like that, but the idea of switching email providers is too daunting, so I stay with Gmail despite abandoning all my other Google accounts and services.
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Semaphor ◴[22 Aug 25 18:11 UTC] No.44987750[source]▶
You kinda get that with your own domain. I think that's the best you are going to get
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tsimionescu ◴[22 Aug 25 18:16 UTC] No.44987810[source]▶
Isn't losing your domain a huge risk for any common user?
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Semaphor ◴[22 Aug 25 19:27 UTC] No.44988789[source]▶
Unless you use some sketchy TLDs, I've not heard of that
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tsimionescu ◴[22 Aug 25 19:39 UTC] No.44988921[source]▶
I've seen plenty of stories of people who forget or are unable for whatever reason to renew their domain names on time.
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1. Telaneo ◴[22 Aug 25 20:24 UTC] No.44989376[source]▶
You can pay for your domain upto 10 years in advance. It's a frontloaded cost, but if you can do that (or even just 5 years), you'll have a pretty good buffer if you just happen to be busy at whatever time of year you need to renew. This assumes you still check up on your renewal yearly, but you'd need to do that anyway if you pay yearly.