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I have the outlook one for work that I use daily and it would not be my first choice for private address.
To explain my original post in slightly simpler terms ... I bought the domain thefb.co.uk when we set up this forum.
Owning the rights to use a domain name isn't a whole lot of use in itself.
Generally (but not necessarily) you'll buy the domain name from a company that also provides "hosting" services. They'll offer to host a website, or a mail server, or various other services for you, using the domain name that you've bought.
So, having bought the domain name, and a hosting package, I could create a website (eg www.thefb.co.uk) or email addresses (eg axisus@thefb.co.uk). There's usually no effective limit to the number of email addresses that you can create using that domain name and - as long as you continue to pay for the hosting service - your email address will remain in use for as long as you want them.
It can be useful being able to create different email addresses ... and not all reasons are nefarious!
You then use some sort of email program/app (eg Outlook, OS Mail, etc, etc, etc) to receive/read/send emails from that address. Or most service providers also have some sort of browser-based application that you can use.
Does that explain it?
My wife has a Yahoo email account, whose days are surely numbered.
My feedback thread is here.
E.g. axisus@axisus.org.uk (which would cost no more than a fiver a year paid to the hosting company where you bought the domain) can be directed to, e.g. axisus@gmail.com (or whatever).
You can log into your gmail from wherever and all your email will be automatically sent there once you've set up the redirect.
It's a slightly "cheap" option cos when you're sending an email from gmail it will say
"From axisus@axisus.org.uk (axisus@gmail.com)" but it still works; and is free.
If you only want it to show from "axisus@axisus.org,uk" then you may have to pay a bit extra per year to the hosting company. (I got one deal where this was a freebie; another where it wasn't.)
Doesn't make sense.
You don't get the post sent to your parents or a friend in another part of the world so they can forward it on to you. Do you?
After setting it up, you can access your personal emails from anywhere. Use an internet browser (Safari, Firefox, etc) to log into the email server and hey presto, direct access, and no Google involvement. No Facebook involvement either.
This isn't a criticism of Gmail. It's a criticism of forwarding emails.
2) Storage: I trust Gmail to do their backups more regularly than I do.
So I might be mistaken in thinking those reasons are important but that's why I forward onto gmail.