I have completely stopped using google services and software on my personal devices (even have lineageos + microg on my phone. The problem is that I can’t just explain to the technically uneducated people that I changed mail providers. How should I go about doing this?
The problem is that I can’t just explain to the technically uneducated people that I changed mail providers. How should I go about doing this?
Speaking as a nontech person, I can assure you that none of us care in the slightest.
Just give us the new address and we’ll change it. We might curse you for making us do the work, but probably we’ll feel like badasses when we do it in only three hours.
It’s like when you move IRL. Just give them your new address. Done.
Just set up forwarding with a message including the new address. On a related note if your looking to host your own mail server I did for a few years with the docker Mail-in-a-Box. Setup was easy but convincing everyone else’s email providers I wasn’t spam was the hard part.
“My new email address is persen@icloud.com”
Done.
No explanation necessary. Just give people the new address.
(Just used icloud as a bad joke there.)
If op still has the gmail an auto response like “this address is no longer checked, please email me at [new email]”
Set up auto forwarder from gmail to your new account
Tell people you changed email address
Ez