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From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 23:26:18 +0200
Yes, I too had Compuserve in the mists of time; my oldest existing e-mail 
account is a Yahoo one, which I have now had for 20 years or so. I use it for 
Amazon and a few other commercial sites like that, never for any personal or 
otherwise important stuff.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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> On 19 Jul 2018, at 22:42, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> This is why you should never use an e-mail address tied to an ISP. If you do 
>> not have your own domain (like the frozenlight.eu from which I am sending 
>> this message), then there are plenty of free e-mails like gmail etc. that 
>> are independent of who provides your access.
> 
> 
> That's still no guarantee, but it does get you closer. I proudly had
> compuserve and ibm.net email address thinking that they would be safe.
> But, nooooooo. Don't get me started on my brief nightmare with AOL.
> So, I got a yahoo address as soon as it became available and a gmail
> address as soon as it became available. I've also had my own business
> domain names for quite a while too. Last year I finally shut down the
> image66media one. I let it go for three years after last use to make
> sure I purged out all the straggler stuff and still didn't get it all.
> The yahoo address hasn't been used for much of anything for years, but
> still gets stuff from ancient contacts.
> 
> However, that said, I do use various accounts for different purposes
> to provide a little bit of security through diversity.
> 
> But, alas, it's pretty much a given, that just like changing mailing
> addresses and phone numbers, your email address will need to be
> changed once in a while and it will always be painful.
> 
> AG Schnozz
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