Re: gmail users read on...

[Riccardo Bernardini <[e-mail]>]

I am a professional, but to the IETF lists (and other mailing list) I
subscribe via gmail because (i) the largest quota of gmail (ML, especial
open  source related ones,   can easily clog your mailbox) and (ii) I find
more convenient the "label" approach of gmail, rather the usual
"folder-based" approach.   In other words, gmail has features that the mail
of my university has not.

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Ross Finlayson <[e-mail]>
wrote:

> > I've also seen many people who keep a gmail or other mass market account
> > as a professional address knowing that they will move between
> > institutional addresses.  As companies come and go faster and people
> > transition between them more often, keeping a semi-permanent
> > professional contact point is a sound strategy.
>
> Can these people really be confident that "gmail.com" will outlive their
> professional life?  At the very least, they should use their own domain
> name - even if they use a GMail or Yahoo Mail-type service to host their
> email.  (As an extra benefit - to keep this message on-topic - the email
> that they send won't be subject to DMARC.)
>
> The fact that such services are useful is undeniable.  As is the fact that
> "@yahoo.com" and "@gmail.com" email address look unprofessional.  They
> just do.
>
>         Ross.
>
>