This is terrifying actually considering how much of my online life is tied to email.
I have a custom domain and have been thinking more about this post: iCloud Mail, Fastmail, Gmail: what are the differences? The Email Service Feature Comparison Table but I haven’t fully committed. As terrifying as being locked out is, I’m equally terrified of what it means to change a 15-year-old email address. Just off the top of my head:
- Changing the email address for 250+ accounts
- Updating these changes in 1Password
- Informing all of my contacts of the change
- Transferring thousands of emails to a new provider
- Setting up email forwarding and auto response about new address
- And probably lots of other things I’m missing
It feels like a Herculean effort. Do you have any tips on where to start, or know of any ways to automate some of this?