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How to migrate from GMail (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I've had my GMail account for what must be almost 20 years now, and it's pretty ingrained in my life. My mortgage info comes via GMail, my bank statements come via GMail, my health insurance comes via GMail, etc.

Thinking about migrating honestly seems like an insurmountable task. I have no idea where to begin. How the hell do I go about untangling GMail services from my life.

I've potentially been looking to move to Proton for email, but any other suggestions (preferably European based) would be welcome.

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[–] bartlonvb@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

Like everyone's saying it's something that will take time. I recommend getting your own domain and make it your main address for serious/professional things. This will give you the flexibility of changing providers whenever you want without losing your address. It may require a subscription to a paid email plan, but I think it's worth it on the long run.

Also, start using an alias provider like addy.io or SimpleLogin for general account registrations. Recently I've been running through a lot of websites and replacing the email for an alias or even completely deleting the account.