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Guide to change your email service - updated with stats on our impact so far! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by FallenWalnut@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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The hope is that this guide and website can act as a simple way to introduce newcomers - whether it’s you, friends or family - into this space and try something else besides the default options.

There is also a community-driven, open-source site ( https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/email/ ) that aims to make this even easier. This includes screenshots, ratings and a larger feature list.

I’ve also started tracking impact to help keep the momentum. If there are any other stats, please share them so I can add them to the guides and, eventually, the website.

As always, I more than welcome criticism and ideas!

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[–] QuadratureSurfer@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

One thing that has helped me is using addy.io for creating aliases for any service/website that I sign up for.

It has made it incredibly easy to switch email services without having to update each and every website I have an account with.

For example, recently I didn't like the name of the email account I had on proton. So, I created a new account, went to Addy.io, changed the setting for where all my emails get directed to by default, updated the PGP key for encryption and at that point all future emails were being routed to the new email address. I could have just as easily switched over to a different provider.

Proton gets some bonus points because they have a tool that will allow you to export all of your emails as well as reimporting them into another account.

[–] unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

+1 for addy.io!

I use it with a domain I bought just for emails. So for example I'll use icelandair@mydomain.com for my Icelandair account and addy.io forwards all the emails addressed to my aliases to my Posteo email address. Nobody ever sees my Posteo address (great for security) and thanks to addy.io I can switch email providers in minutes. If addy.io ever stops working then I own the domain where all my emails are headed, so I can change a few settings to keep receiving them.

[–] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will look at adding addy.io in the resource section. Sounds like it is a really useful tool when managing these accounts.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

simplelogin.io is also a similar service to addy.io. It's now owned by Proton.