{"id":2147,"date":"2011-04-07T12:22:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T16:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2011-04-07T12:22:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T16:22:35","slug":"paying-for-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/04\/07\/paying-for-gmail\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Paying for Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glad to hear Marco<\/a> follows the same logic as I do: In a response to this post by Siegler:<\/a><\/p>\n

For something as important as email, I\u2019ve never trusted everything to a proprietary provider. My email address has never ended in someone else\u2019s domain name, and has never been hosted in any way that would preclude me from easily switching to another provider.<\/p>\n

Since 2007, I\u2019ve used\u00a0FastMail<\/a>, a paid IMAP host, for my @marco.org email addresses (with the $40\/year \u201cEnhanced\u201d personal plan). Rather than using its (unsophisticated) web interface, I use Apple\u2019s Mail app.<\/p>\n

FastMail\u2019s uptime has been incredibly good \u2014 I don\u2019t remember the last time I saw any downtime, but I\u2019m sure that the total downtime I\u2019ve ever seen from them has been less than an hour. But if it ever starts to suck, it\u2019s just IMAP, and I own the domain, so I can switch to any other IMAP host easily (or self-host it, which I don\u2019t recommend, but it\u2019s always an option).1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

All of my messages are downloaded by Mail and stored as files locally, so if a data-loss disaster were to happen at FastMail (which can happen to\u00a0any<\/em> service, even Google\u2019s), I can recover my email from my personal backups.<\/p>\n

You\u00a0must<\/em> own any data that\u2019s irreplaceable to you.<\/p>\n

By relying on a hosted service with no direct alternatives or difficult outbound migrations, you\u2019re giving up a level of control that you shouldn\u2019t for something as important as your business email.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have never relied solely on one cloud based service even if I’m paying for it.<\/p>\n

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