Ask HN: How do you ensure you don't get locked from your email?
stankot Monday, April 21, 2025Big parts of our digital lives depend on our email address (personal, professional, financial…). I’m wondering how you've secured yourselves to prevent getting locked out of your email?
Of course, using my own domain is a no brainer, but I’ve heard horror stories of people getting kicked from their domains.
It feels like we are always at some company’s mercy, a mail provider, a domain service or something else.
I’m definitely overthinking, but it was triggered by a large financial institution that doesn’t support adding a recovery email.
I’m curious how you folks handle this, thanks!
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