I couldn't agree more. Email is essentially the skeleton key to all your other accounts thanks to email reset, even if you use your own domain and don't risk the virtual armageddon of losing both all your mail and your address forever you still risk losing all your mail. Even worse, if your account is hacked you have no effective recourse whatsoever and someone will have access to all your accounts, contacts and email history. I pay for Rackspace mail because when I have a problem, I can call a real phone number and talk to a real human whose interests (company continuing to be paid) are aligned to mine (having a working service).
> I couldn't agree more. Email is essentially the skeleton key to all your other accounts thanks to email reset
That's why I decided to get my own domain and use google apps 4 domain. I mean, who knows what happens in 10 years, maybe twitter will became internet-giant and I'll use twitter apps 4 domain then.
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I couldn't agree more. Email is essentially the skeleton key to all your other accounts thanks to email reset, even if you use your own domain and don't risk the virtual armageddon of losing both all your mail and your address forever you still risk losing all your mail. Even worse, if your account is hacked you have no effective recourse whatsoever and someone will have access to all your accounts, contacts and email history. I pay for Rackspace mail because when I have a problem, I can call a real phone number and talk to a real human whose interests (company continuing to be paid) are aligned to mine (having a working service).
If you use Google Apps with your own domain and make backups of your mail, then you have a very small chance of losing your address and your mail.
People hate on Google Apps, but you don't give up control if you follow both these steps (which is easy.)
I also don't see any reason why another email provider won't do what people are afraid Google will do.
> People hate on Google Apps
Really?
Do you know of any other (free) options out there with comparable options? I really only use the hosted email, but other features are always handy
> I couldn't agree more. Email is essentially the skeleton key to all your other accounts thanks to email reset
That's why I decided to get my own domain and use google apps 4 domain. I mean, who knows what happens in 10 years, maybe twitter will became internet-giant and I'll use twitter apps 4 domain then.