The only way to guarantee that you have control of your email both now and in the future is to get your own email address. By this I don’t mean your own Gmail, Hotmail or any other email service provider email address.
You must have an email address that you yourself own, and for that you need your own domain name.
Although this may at first sight appear difficult it is relatively straightforward. See How to Get and Create Your Own Email Address for more details.
Access to the Internet is via an ISP (Internet Service Provider) and along with Internet Access most provide email facilities. Which consists of:
Basically all you need to send and receive email. But should you use it?
The short answer is NO. Having said that I have been using it for years and it is for that reason I would advice against using it.
The reason is that your ISP isn’t fixed and so you have real problems if you want to change them, or they go out of business. In fact the reason they offer these add-on services is to lock you in, as they understand that faced with the hassle of moving most will simply stay.
The good news is that there are alternative solutions, and they aren’t expensive, but they do cost extra.
Next time we will look at how to get more control over your email and make in future proof.
If you have a question then just use the form on the questions page and I will do my best to help.
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