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   Daniel70 to J. P. Gilliver   
   Re: Trouble with laptop display - drm eb   
   07 Aug 25 20:01:26   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse   
      
   On 7/08/2025 8:39 am, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
      
      
      
   > The _nearest_ you can come to a "permanent email address" is to register   
   > your own domain, and (this is a _separate_ activity, though in many   
   > cases handled by the same company for convenience) pay someone to handle   
   > that domain for you, such as handle mail to it. This is permanent as   
   > long as you keep paying the registration fee. (Even then there can be a   
   > _temporary_ interruption to your _use_ of it if you fall out with the   
   > company handling it for you [or they go bust or otherwise cease to   
   > operate satisfactorily]; if _you_ own the domain, you can switch hosting   
   > provider, though it will take some time.)   
   >   
   If that were the case (Current host going belly up,) would 'you' still   
   have access to your information (to then transfer) or might that be   
   lost, too??   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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