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0 pointsddevault3y ago0 comments

1. Sign up for new email address

2. Set up auto forwarding

3. Done

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bell-cot3y ago· 2 in thread

In context, isn't that dependent on Gmail faithfully keeping your account open and the auto forwarding working correctly, long-term?

I have seen people bitten pretty badly by "if I set up X in Gmail, they'll faithfully keep doing it..." assumptions.

ddevaultOP3y ago

Yes, but I omitted step four:

4. Gradually move things over to the new address as you notice things which still use the old one, possibly over the course of years.

Eventually you will run out of reasons to keep your gmail account and you can just close it. I migrated from gmail using this approach and it was not difficult in the least.

bell-cot3y ago

5. Make really, REALLY sure that no important thing is still set to the old address.

At $Work, we received a domain registrar password reset e-mail today - for a former client who I don't think we've talked to in 15+ years. Banks, registrars, etc. seem to store stuff like e-mail addresses in more different fields, in more different databases, than any 3+ of their customer service rep's can find & fix right.

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