[ubuntu-in] OT: gmail sms recovery (was leina yar)

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Nitesh Mistry <mailbox at mistrynitesh.net>wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 09:50:14PM +0530, Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್) wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Nitesh Mistry <mailbox at mistrynitesh.net
> >wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:24:36PM +0530, Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)
> wrote:
> > > > Even I get scared quiet often, the only option left is to buy a
> domain
> > > just
> > > > for E-mail purpose...
> > >
> > > Pardon my ignorance, but how is buying a domain safe for emailing. I
> > > believe, you will still need someone to host the email!
> > > I would really like to explore this alternative.
> > >
> >
> > You can buy a domain name say www.example.com (host on your computer or
> buy
> > a shared space)
> >
> > Since it is your domain so you can setup an email account, example *
> > arjun at example.com* and it will be yours for your life unless you stop
> paying
> > for the domain...
>
> But this does not answer my query. I can buy a domain and setup an email
> account (which is what I am using right now, while writing this mail)
> but if someone can hack (crack, that is ;-) )tail account? What if I
> use google apps to host my email with personal domain?
>

That solution was for "What If Google shut down all its services overnight"

There is reliable method to stop crackers to crack into your account which I
can think of...

>
> May be the only extra safety is that (as you pointed out) I will not be
> locked out like some gmail users were i.e. denial of service.
>
> I guess there is more to it than just buying a domain and setting up an
> email with that (though I want to be wrong about this).
>
> By the way, I would love to know more about hosting email on my own
> computer -- if that does not involve alpha-geek stuff and needs my
> computer to be switched on and connected 24x7. I'll definitely also
> google it up.
>
>
> Regards,
> Nitesh
>
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