I have completely stopped using google services and software on my personal devices (even have lineageos + microg on my phone. The problem is that I can’t just explain to the technically uneducated people that I changed mail providers. How should I go about doing this?

  • ryannathans
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    6 months ago

    Set up auto forwarder from gmail to your new account

    Tell people you changed email address

    Ez

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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      6 months ago

      I’d recommend having a tag set up for Google forwarded mail in your new account, so you can change addresses of people/companies that still use your old email address.

    • sga@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      and alongside that, include your new mail as the reply to address, hopefully people will click for that while replying, and eventually save/use the new mail