Matt Yglesias

23 Responses to “Crisis on Infinite Email Accounts”

1. Incertus Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

   It’s happened before and the world didn’t end. Besides, the way people complain about how they never get a break from the electronic world, you’d think they’d welcome just such a shutdown once in a while.

2. Alex Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

   Has Matthew been reading Final Crisis, or was that random luck when it came to picking a title?

3. Nick Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

   Actually, I thought it was a reference to DC Comics’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” arc.

4. Chuchundra Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

   I love Gmail and I use it for most of my e-mail needs, but I’m not dumb enough to rely on it utterly and completely. I use my own domain names for e-mail and forward the mail on to my Gmail account. I also forward all mails to a general POP box that I download to my home PC hard drive every other day or so.

   The smart thing is not to rely on any domain that you do not personally control, including AOL, Yahoo, Verizon, etc., as the point of contact for your e-mail inbox.

5. James Gary Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

   The smart thing is not to rely on any domain that you do not personally control.

   Too true! I take pride to being Master Of My Domain.

6. William Smith Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

   Since when did people start limiting themselves to only one email account? Given the glory days of pay-for-play email accounts is largely behind us, I reguarly use around 4-5 email accounts that I actively remember to check.

7. Ian Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:59 pm

   Look for the Flashes when it returns! And a scary-looking Wonder Woman…

8. David Yaseen Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 7:01 pm

   Have the gmail autoforward to a yahoo account. If there is a problem with the former, reply via the latter. Cheap and zero maintenance. If you’re paranoid, include the yahoo address in your gmail signature.

9. Nicholas Beaudrot Says:
   August 11th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

   You do realize just how much commerce is dependent on a single firm known as the United States Postal Service?

10. Chris Dornan Says:
    August 11th, 2008 at 10:41 pm

    I have been having these very thoughts, especially as I want to use Google Apps for a number of small non-profit organizations. Those that advocate using your own domain are missing the point in a big way. The very best email-hosting service you can get now is … Google Apps. Sure you can use other people for email hosting but it is horrid. The trend is towards more reliance on Google; the disruption of their systems melting down would not be minor.

11. Siva Vaidhyanathan Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 12:03 am

    Hey, Matt. I happen to be writing a book about this very concern:

    http://www.googlizationofeverything.com/

    It will be out this time next year!

    – Siva

12. Pete Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 9:14 am

    If it follows the DC pattern, the collapse into a single email universe will only last a few years, and then some new maxi-series will break off a parallel universe where Google is evil, gets together with Microsoft, the two have a son who is a combination of Lex Luthor and Superman…

    IT’S THE WORLD-CHANGING EVENT YOU CAN’T MISS!!

13. MosBen Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    Ok Pete, but where does Hypertime fit in?

14. Mike H. Says:
    August 12th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    My gmail is working fine.

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