On Sun 15 May 2022 at 12:59:55 -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2022 10:08:57 -0400 > rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > I would like to have an email address that will be permanent, in > > that, for example, I can move it from provider to provider as I > > desire or need (if, for example, a provider goes out of business). > > (And that gets my email out of google's control / reach.) > > Decades ago, when my wife and I set up our own company, we decided it > would be unprofessional to have email addresses like pa...@juno.com and > nan...@compuserve.com. So we secured a domain for the business and made > our own email addresses under that domain. We've used those as our > principle email addresses ever since. I've moved that domain to > different registrars and hosting companies several times since. Costs > are the initial setup (originally $35.00) and yearly domain > re-registration (about $15).
As others have said, that's the basic way for the OP to go. > I have a gmail account as well, and I use either fetchmail or > Claws-Mail to pick up my gmail messages. Unfortunately, some of my > other accounts (like Youtube) rely on that email address. Can't move > it, can't remove it. Strategically, Google = Microsoft = Adobe = Apple. > Same crap, different brand. Keep the gmail address and just forward from there to an address ypu control. -- Brian.