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Comment by mrks_hy

13 hours ago

It cannot do PGP, by design, just for a very obvious fault. It won't let you use your own domain and web storage. Sorry, no contest.

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cbeach  12 hours ago

I use Gmail with my own domain (you have to pay for the privilege but Google Workspace has been very reliable and flexible for my purposes)

I'd rather use Google's web storage than my own. I don't have the time nor the expertise to implement multi-region replication etc.

I understand that granting Google access to one's emails might be a dealbreaker for journalists, dissidents etc, though - so clearly Gmail is no good if you have legitimate need for PGP.

  • dwedge  9 hours ago

    Expanding the acronym really works well here. Gmail is no good if you have a legitimate need for pretty good privacy.

    I would argue everyone does, most people just don't really think about what they are giving away. And how many emails a day are you receiving that a daily or hourly incremental offside backup wouldn't give you almost all of the benefits of "multi region replication"?

    • cbeach  3 hours ago

      I’m sure I could rig up my own email server with replication and all sorts. I recall doing this many years ago, running SpamAssasin etc.

      Turns out the quality of things like self hosted spam filtering is no match for the world’s most notorious data ingestion and analysis company