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Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org

(giuliomagnifico.blog)
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GTP ◴[] No.44988858[source]
The problem with changing email provider due to privacy concerns, is that most of your emails will still end up inside Google's or Microsoft's servers.

I considered self-hosting my own email, as I already have a domain name. But this has always put me off. The reason I would still consider self-hosting is to have readily available email address for side projects, like if I want to receive email notifications from services.

But for privacy, you unfortunately don't gain much, as most of the people/entities you're exchanging emails with are using Google or Microsoft emails.

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1. mcdonje ◴[] No.45077761[source]
This kind of thinking helps to perpetuate the situation.