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Great! I like getting tracked by 766 third parties! thanks Outlook
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This is why you should use your own domain. If you want to change who's handling your email, you just change your DNS MX record to a new, different host and all your mail ends up there instead. The services don't have to know a single thing about what's going on - the next time they send an email out, DNS will simply resolve to the new mail server.
Here is an example of how you would do it with Proton
I do this now, but I’m still stuck with a few errant accounts that still use my gmail from high school / college.