[merijnv]

> Would forwarding continue to work if your account is disabled or terminated? That doesn't seem likely?

No, but the idea is that you can point the domain at a new host and at least keep receiving future email, so that you don't lose the ability to password reset accounts, etc.

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> I wish there was a way to pay for Google (such as Google One) and it meant Google wouldn't ban your Gmail account

There's a reason I pay, like, €50 a year for my email hosting instead of gmail's free mail. I want to be able to actually reach a human when it comes to problems with my email instead of Google's customer service void.