On Tuesday 22 June 2021 23:46:24 Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Tue Jun 22 11:11:38 2021 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > On Tuesday 22 June 2021 07:02:25 Richard Owlett wrote: > >> On 06/22/2021 04:44 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > >>> In addition to everything everybody else has said, and just to > >>> make it absolutely clear; > >>> > >>> gmail != email > >>> > >>> or, in words; > >>> > >>> gmail IS NOT email > >>> > >>> There may be vast swathes of overlap, but don't expect google to > >>> do anything right. > >>> > >>> All that google offer is for THEIR benefit, not yours. > >> > >> One reason I pay a local supplier for email service -- effectively > >> it is cheaper than any so called "free service". > > > > Doesn't your ISP provide an email server? In my neck of the woods, > > its part of the services an ISP provides for a basic 10 megabaud > > connection. > > Our ISP (Telus) recently decided to get out of the e-mail and web > hosting business. All e-mail accounts have been transferred (e-mail > addresses and all) to Google. I believe the appropriate term is > "sold down the river".
Indeed, and w/o a paddle. :( I think I'd vote with my wallet. > I was doing e-mail through a third party long before getting involved > with Telus, so I don't have to worry about it. It's a few extra > dollars, but IMHO it's money well spent. Well, we have congress looking into the msm, maybe something good will come of it. Our constitution seems to be for sale to the highest bidder though. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
