[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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