http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/26/
unlucky-1-percent-of-mobileme-email-users-get-some-relief/
Unlucky 1 percent of MobileMe email users may get relief
Posted Jul 26th 2008 9:00AM by TUAW Blogger
Filed under: Bad Apple, .Mac, MobileMe
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Apologies are well and good — but considering the MobileMe terms of service, that’s about all you can expect to see, as Apple isn’t liable for lost business or damages due to the outage. If there’s a lesson in this, maybe it’s that mission-critical users should own their own domains and public-facing email addresses, so that they can redirect incoming mail in a crisis. Depending on a single provider for mail (even ones with a reputation for reliability) can bite you.
Written by Michael Rose. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
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I’ve ranted and raved about email control. Anyone, who is serious about computer using, needs to “own” this critical entry point into your world.
You need the capability to have a primary and alternate emil address. Buy one and use a free service if money is tight. If your primary goes out, then you need the capability to redirect to the alternative.
Note this means that your domain registrar, website provider, and email provider should NOT be the same entity.
And, you should never allow that all-importnt email address to be controlled by anyone. Companies get sold, go out of business, or just whimsically decide to change their names. You shouldn’t lose your email address because of this.
I made that mistake a long time ago with AT&T as my ISP. Never ever again.
reinke dot cc for me.
(Some day I plan to visit the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory.)
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