Which email provider do you use?

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Way back in the day (I'm talking 1990s) I used the email address from my ISP which was Demon Internet. After that I ended up on BT ADSL and used that email address but I was fed up with changing email addresses every time I changed ISPs so I opened a Gmail account which worked fine. After sometime I decided I cared more about privacy so I switched to Proton Mail but stupidly used a .protonmail.com email address.

Which brings us up to today. I'm now changing my email address for the last time to use a custom domain I own. Then if I need to change email provider in the future I just change the DNS and everything will work. At the moment I'm still using Proton Mail as the email service as it gives you the ability to use a custom domain included in my package but I'm considering moving to Google Workspace when my Proton Main plan expires in June.

So what about you?
 
Other than being a little long, what’s wrong with protonmail.com? I was thinking of leaving gmail for proton mail as I trust proton more than google. Not sure if that’s really just wishful thinking.
 
I use fastmail with my domain, works fine.

I kinda regret getting my own domain tho, had it so long it would be a pain to get rid of so stuck paying forever. These days I'd use regular gmail instead.
 
alex24 said:
Other than being a little long, what’s wrong with protonmail.com? I was thinking of leaving gmail for proton mail as I trust proton more than google. Not sure if that’s really just wishful thinking.
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Nothing wrong with Protonmail (although they are a bit costly). The thing is if I ever want to change email provider in the future I have to change my email address as well. By switching to a custom domain I just have to update DNS to the new provider and the job is done.
 
I always used to use the free ones which came with my broadband package but after getting fed up with changing my email after every change of provider (like the OP) I started using a paid for email provider called APM-Mail provided by The Very Good Email Company. It was £12 a year for up to five email addresses of which we only use three but it's going up quite significantly at my next renewal so I am keeping my options open for now. I use EMClient as my email client which is free for up to three addresses.
 
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My first account was with Hotmail in 1996, then I moved to Gmail in 2004. I still use Gmail, but I bought my own domain last year. I've not started using the email yet, as it'll be quite a mission to switch everything over. I need to get on with it.
 
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MS Exchange for personal and business, custom domains for both.

It’s the one Microsoft product I use and would always recommend.

I use Google for storage/calendar/docs etc but wouldn’t recommend Workspace, it’s inferior to Microsoft.
 
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