Hi, Im thinking about moving from gmail elsewhere but Im wondering if I should use my own domain for it, I dont have the domain yet but how to deal with whois lookup privacy? (Im EU based) are there any other issues I may run into if I chose my own domain over opening a account on posteo.de or mailbox.org with their domain. I know owning my domain will give me freedom to move my email elsewhere if I would want but I dont know if its worth it.

  • @Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de
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    21 day ago

    About the whois thing, German domains (.de) don’t show personal information. You still have to provide that info but it’s only visible to law enforcement and the like.

    • @bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 day ago

      DENIC doesn’t even report domain expiration in whois data, which is super annoying. I guess you pay per month technically, but was new to me for a project to monitor a whole bunch of domains for renewal.