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Email ownership, I give up. (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago by altphoto@lemmy.today to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I give up.

I tried left and right to try to install an email server so I could degoogle my life.

But therechnical barrier is thick and Google keeps adding more to it. Forget it. I can't even get thru the installation process much less trying to get my shit off Google.

I figure, I don't actually have any need for my email addresses. Just like my phone number. I never call anyone. I'm going to discourage my kids from using email at all. I'll remind everyone I know that I don't use email at every opportunity I get just like I remind people to not call me and that my phone number is not available.

Between spammers and Google, I just don't need this headache in my life. My mom is much less technically savvy than the average pet. So Google will just siphon her data and when the megabits are full then you just delete the old stuff.

You don't need it. No one will spend their life reading your emails when you're gone or watching your videos or listening to your recordings or viewing your photos. There's no need to worry about just deleting the pile of shit you've accumulated. I'm this done.

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[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you tried https://mailcow.email/

Its dockerized and preconfigured and cones with tools to manage. I am happy and I never wanted to touch mail.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I did try this. It's pretty easy up to the point where you need to do SSL or connect to Gmail.

To go to IMAP with GMAIL now you have to register as a Developer, you have to create a project and then create a key for that project once those things are created???? Where do they go? Heavens knows.

All of these, even if you get them to work today, Google can just break them tomorrow and you won't know until maybe a few days without emails have passed?

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Ah Now I understand the issue. Most people are complaining about mail in general but this is just Google being google. Alright, good luck!