On Tue Jun 22 11:11:38 2021 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 June 2021 07:02:25 Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On 06/22/2021 04:44 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: >> >>> In addition to everything everybody else has said, and just to make >>> it absolutely clear; >>> >>> gmail != email >>> >>> or, in words; >>> >>> gmail IS NOT email >>> >>> There may be vast swathes of overlap, but don't expect google to do >>> anything right. >>> >>> All that google offer is for THEIR benefit, not yours. >> >> One reason I pay a local supplier for email service -- effectively >> it is cheaper than any so called "free service". > > Doesn't your ISP provide an email server? In my neck of the woods, > its part of the services an ISP provides for a basic 10 megabaud > connection. Our ISP (Telus) recently decided to get out of the e-mail and web hosting business. All e-mail accounts have been transferred (e-mail addresses and all) to Google. I believe the appropriate term is "sold down the river". I was doing e-mail through a third party long before getting involved with Telus, so I don't have to worry about it. It's a few extra dollars, but IMHO it's money well spent. -- cgi...@surfnaked.ca (Charlie Gibbs)
