[vundercind]

Uuuugh that reminds me that one of these days I’m gonna have to set aside the four or so hours it’ll take to get most of my important things pointing at my owned-domain email address, so I don’t lose everything if Google’s ban hammer automatically decides the almost-nothing I do on any Google site violates policy and I lose it.

We need a moved-permanently redirect for emails :-/

[sunshowers]

I'd always used my own domain so I could switch providers without hassle, but then... I transitioned my gender, and changed my primary domain as part of that.

The thing that worked for me was making a big spreadsheet, working through it, and adding a label to messages still going to my old domain to catch stragglers.

Hopefully the last time I'll ever have to do this.

[rakoo]

> We need a moved-permanently redirect for emails :-/

Most mail providers have an automatic forward system, and/or an automatic reply. There is more than enough for most of the biggest names.

[vundercind]

That doesn’t help with the nightmare scenario of Google’s systems deciding I’m a threat because I never post YouTube comments or something, and shutting off the account. That’s the thing I’m worried about.

[rakoo]

Yeah, that's why you need your own domain and a proper mail provider

[diggernet]

Don't worry, Google is working on that.

The demise of email forwarding is getting closer

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40045069