In comp.os.linux.misc J. P. Gilliver <
G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
On 2025/8/6 19:33:18, Carlos E.R. wrote:
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### <1F9E0> Best Practice
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* Consider using a **permanent email provider** (e.g. Gmail or Outlook)
to avoid issues later.
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I know many assume so, but I _don't_ think "Gmail or Outlook" _are_ a "permanent email provider"; I'd be most surprised if there isn't,
somewhwere buried in an obscure part of the terms, some weasel part of
their provision that they don't guarantee it for ever.
You don't need to look hard. Inside the 18 screen tall, four point
font legalese page will be a clause granting them the right, for any
reason whatsoever, to cut you off at any time, with no recourse for you
to do anything about said cutoff.
The _nearest_ you can come to a "permanent email address" is to register
your own domain, and (this is a _separate_ activity, though in many
cases handled by the same company for convenience) pay someone to handle
that domain for you, such as handle mail to it. This is permanent as
long as you keep paying the registration fee. (Even then there can be a _temporary_ interruption to your _use_ of it if you fall out with the
company handling it for you [or they go bust or otherwise cease to
operate satisfactorily]; if _you_ own the domain, you can switch hosting provider, though it will take some time.)
Yes, this is as close to "permanent" as you will get. You must rent
the domain that you use as your address. You can then host email
yourself or pay someone else to be the host. But with your own domain
all it takes to redirect your emails to a new provider is updating the
MX records for the DNS record for the domain, and waiting the short
time it takes for the change to propagate across the internet.
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