Re: e-mail provider recommendations?
Your college or alumni association may offer a forwarder. Mine does. Since I'm an ARRL member, they, too, offer a forwarder. Those kinds of things could, however, dry up on you someday. As you can see, I'm still on gmail. Bill ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: e-mail provider recommendations?
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > Dear GNHLUG, > > A couple of (non-technical) friends of mine have expressed > a desire to move away from Google's services in response to > the latest publicised privacy/security gaffe. The big question > is "where do I go from GMail?"--I don't think I'm familiar enough > with the options for me to be comfortable making a recommendation > at this point..., and I'm wondering if maybe some of you can > provide some insight. The biggest disclaimer to give is, *any* mail provider can potentially be compromised. My personal opinion is that the google gaffe wasn't nearly as bad as some providers compromises. It's a give and take. A smaller provider is a smaller target, but also less likely to be monitoring security threats and adapting to them. Actually, there really wasn't, specifically, a security compromise with google. It simply allowed cookies to get thru when you didn't want them to, but mostly do to Safari functionality, not google specifically. -- -- Thomas ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: e-mail provider recommendations?
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Brian St. Pierre wrote: > You *can* do forwarding with GMail (and the others, I presume), but > you can't usually get forwarding if you use your ISP's address and > then change ISPs. > > I've had my email address (a .name) for over a decade. It redirects to what ever email I want. I've had a few email addresses behind it over the years, including my own server on cable. Many/most email servers had cable IP addresses blocked and I had to forward though my cable provider and they didn't like redirections with a different email source. I use gmail behind everything. You can set the reply email (I think you'll see t...@buskey.name instead of @gmail.com). You can also forward mail through google's smtp w/ certificates. I use it to get logwatch directed. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: e-mail provider recommendations?
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > It seems like > the obvious next line of questions, though, is: is going through > a the digital version of changing your address a significantly- > greater ordeal than the `real life moving' version? And, > if it is..., then why is it? If I move to a new house, I have to do address changes with banks, brokerage, insurance, couple of magazines, and a handful of people who send me paper mail. I have to call the insurance company anyway to update coverage. I only ever order from a couple of different online retailers, and I can update those addresses the next time I place orders at each place. If I forget to change my address with a personal contact, they (a) can contact me via email or (b) talk to a mutual friend who can provide an updated address. Actually, with snail mail, if I forget to update my address with *any* contact, a change-of-address order with USPS will ensure that I get mail -- even junk :( -- for a year. You *can* do forwarding with GMail (and the others, I presume), but you can't usually get forwarding if you use your ISP's address and then change ISPs. >> If I was going to move away from GMail, I'd go self-hosted. > > Is bstpierre.org actually GMail, then? Yes -- Google Apps. (You can tell by doing `dig MX bstpierre.org`; the servers listed are a dead giveaway.) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
