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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: 0.205s | 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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1. palata ◴[22 Aug 25 22:22 UTC] No.44990591[source]▶
It took me 20 years with Gmail to realise that I had screwed up by not starting with a custom domain.

When I finally changed, it was a lot easier than I thought. I just gradually migrated my accounts everywhere. I still have my old Gmail address, but I almost don't use it anymore.

Also (but I didn't try), couldn't you setup your own domain with Gmail? So that you still have everything in Gmail while you migrate all your accounts... but honestly for me it was really fine to deal with two email addresses for a while.