Concentration and centralization (was Free software during wartime)

Posted Mar 27, 2023 12:36 UTC (Mon) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)
In reply to: Concentration and centralization (was Free software during wartime) by rsidd
Parent article: Free software during wartime

If you must use Google, which I don't recommend, then the correct way is to simply have it relay to your actual mail server that you control. Similarly for outbound mail, use your own mail server and configure Google's outbound server as a smarthost.

That way, if you need to leave Google for whatever reason, all your email is in your possession. I'd use any third-party email service in the manner I've just described---it gives some level of control over your own email.