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How the hell should I even switch mail providers? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have completely stopped using google services and software on my personal devices (even have lineageos + microg on my phone. The problem is that I can't just explain to the technically uneducated people that I changed mail providers. How should I go about doing this?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And you can auto-forward your gmail messages to your new address.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/10957?hl=en

I just did that last year and I found some people are too lazy to get the hint but many will notice you're sending replies back from a different address and will get it on their own. You can't fix everyone, so don't try to, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Wow, this is actually a cool feature. I might set it up later.