[PLUG] Need new e-mail account

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Fri Aug 15 06:12:49 UTC 2008


On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:38:12 -0700
m0gely <m0gely at telestream.com> dijo:

> Here's the thing about email accounts. Many are not portable. Gmail (et 
> al) is, but your Comcast isn't. If you move to DSL or to an area Comcast 
> doesn't service, then you will lose the Comcast email account. By owning 
> your own domain, your email addresses are not based on your ISP. You 
> could move to another country and always keep your email addresses. For 
> some, this isn't important. For others, keeping the same email address 
> forever is.

I understand the problem with portability. But that is not a problem
for me. If I switch from Comcast I just have to go to the PLUG website
and register my new e-mail address. Ditto for half a dozen other
e-lists and accounts that I use Comcast for. It would take me less than
half an hour to do this. 

Besides, I have changed ISPs only once in the past ten years. Plus, I
don't have a lot of accounts. I'm not a very important person. 

Moreoever, I have a new device for communicating with people in real
time that I have found is far better than e-mail. It's called a "telephone."



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