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


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On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM Venkat Mangudi - Silk via Silklist <
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> 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!
>>
>>
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