• Astaroth@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    So one thing I’ve started getting worried about is whether youtube/google will eventually block/delete youtube/google accounts who use adblockers.

    I don’t really care about my youtube account but I have several gmail accounts and losing those would be awful.

    I assume they won’t ever go that far, but just the possibility is scary.

     

    So is there an easy way to migrate all your stuff to some other email service and what are some good ones?

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      Not an “easy” way, but what I’ve been doing is simply whenever I handle an email in the account I want to switch from, I use that particular situation to change the email in the settings of the account of whatever I’m handling in that moment.

      That way it doesn’t become an overwhelming task, and if you are consistent with it and do it each time you handle an email, slowly but surely you will have switched completely.

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      I’ve been worried about the same. I’m slowly moving my email and all accounts over my own domain name which for now is forwarded onto the same Gmail. Seems like an extra hop but if they block me then all I have to do is point my email somewhere else

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        I’m trying out Purely Mail. Unlimited email addresses across unlimited custom domains.

        I have a cool setup where I have setup an email account at service@service.mydomain.tld, but it’s setup as a catchall for *@service.mydomain.tld (and allows gmail-style tagging). This means I can fill out service forms by inventing addresses on the fly like LemonadeStand+Signup@service.mydomain.tld and the email shows up in one unified inbox, the subject line will include [LemonadeStand], and the message will have the flag ‘Signup’.

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      Good point. I guess I’ll slowly get ready for the dreaded migration away from Gmail.