Interesting conversation. Thanks, Udhay ! I second "the old fashioned print-out" suggestion. All my passwords are in a nice file and safe in the home locker. (Yes ! I update it regularly. :-) )
~johnson -------------------------------------------------------- Dr. JM Johnson ...www.pathoindia.com On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM Venkat Mangudi - Silk via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > Where is Bharat Chari when you need him? @Bharath Chari Estonia > <[email protected]> is the master of running stuff and living > without any major providers. But I'm not sure what he's doing these days? > > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2025, 9:32 PM José María Mateos via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 02, 2025 at 04:49:23PM +0100, Manar Hussain via Silklist >> wrote: >> > >> >+1 to not running your own mail. >> >> I ran my own mail server (on my home computer, on a DSL line, outbound >> port 25 open!) around 2002 - 2004. It was fun, I learned a lot, but I >> wouldn't do it again. >> >> However, a strong +1 to having your own domain name and get a good >> provider that allows you to use it (I use Fastmail and it works quite >> well). That way, when you want to move providers, you just do that, and >> your address stays the same. >> >> The migration might be painful if you're moving from a @gmail.com / >> @outlook.com / @yahoo.com / whatever, but that's as good as an e-mail >> set up as you're going to get without the headache of having to maintain >> it yourself. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> -- >> José María (Chema) Mateos || https://rinzewind.org >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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